Synonyms for blow
- noun
- verb
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Beat — an instance of the act of striking or hitting
hit, beat, knock informal, box, bang, strike, slap, whack, thwack, stroke, pound, dash, lash, thump, tap, pat, clip informal, pelt, buffet, rap, punch rare
2. Disaster — A damaging occurrence
disaster, calamity, misfortune, fuck-up, screw-up, catastrophe
3. Toot — powder cocaine
toot, breath, lick informal, snuff, coke, sniff, snow, cocaine, nose candy slang
Other
puff, shock, bump, blow-out, smack, shatter, blossom, setback, disappointment, gasp, burn-out, black eye
Verb
1. Mess up
mess up, bungle, ball up, foul up, botch up informal, spoil, botch, muck up informal, louse up informal, fluff, bobble, flub US AU NZ, bumble, muff, bollocks up vulgar slang UK AU NZ, bollocks vulgar UK IE
3. Suck
suck, go down on informal
Definitions
- n. 1
Powder cocaine.
- n. 2
An instance of the act of striking or hitting.
A fabricator is used to direct a sharp blow to the surface of the stone.
- v. 1
To produce an air current.
- v. 2
To propel by an air current (or, if under water, a water current), usually with the mouth.
Blow the dust off that book and open it up.
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A blow is a sudden impact, as of a fist or a club; a stroke is a sweeping movement; as, the stroke of a sword, of an oar, of the arm in swimming. A buffet or cuff is given only with the hand; a blow either with hand or weapon.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- stroke One stroke of the pen will not solve this problem.
- slap For Markku Liisa's comment was a slap in the face.
- whack My dad thinks my boyfriend is a real whack job.
- shock I expect him to get over the shock of his failure.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| blow | rising | |
| stroke | rising | |
| slap | rising | |
| whack | rising | |
| thwack | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- hit1, cut1, box1, gas1, tap1, pat1, rap1
- 4 letters
- beat1, snow1, suck1, bang1, clip1, coke1, slap1, dash1, bump1, lick1, gale1, puff1, gasp1, brag1
- 5 letters
- waste1, shock1, knock1, pound1, punch1, blast1, wound1, float1, spoil1, drift1, smack1, boast1, stink1, whack1
- 6 letters
- strike1, breath1, stroke1, buffet2, bumble2, bobble2, bungle2, thwack
- 7 letters
- cocaine2, explode2, blossom2, setback2, shatter2, inflate2, bluster2
- 8 letters
- disaster3, calamity4, bollocks2, squander2
- 10 letters
- misfortune3
- 11 letters
- catastrophe4
- 14 letters
- disappointment4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (buffet2 = 2 syllables).