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Synonyms for bomb

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Lemon — A car in poor condition

rust bucket, lemon

2. Dud

dud informal, turkey

3. Packet — A large amount of money

packet, pretty penny informal, fortune

4. Garryowen — something highly effective or attractive. A high kick that sends the ball relatively straight up so players…

up and under, garryowen

Verb

1. Fail

fail, flunk US

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A car in poor condition.

  2. n. 2

    A large amount of money.

  3. n. 3

    Something highly effective or attractive. A high kick that sends the ball relatively straight up so players can get under it before it comes down.

  4. v. 1

    To attack using one or more bombs; to bombard.

Forms

Plural
bombs → lemons, duds, turkeys, packets…
Past participle
bombed
e.g. bombed → failed, flunked, bombarded, shelled…

Example sentences

  • crash There was a chain-reaction crash during rush hour.
  • fireball I am a fireball too hot to handle.
  • bombshell At the end of the movie, a bombshell was dropped.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
bombrising
crashrising
fireballrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
dud1
4 letters
book1, fail1
5 letters
crash1, shell1, lemon2, flunk1
6 letters
turkey2, packet2
7 letters
fortune2, bombard2, bombora
8 letters
fireball3
9 letters
parachute3, bombshell2, garryowen

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (lemon2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
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Italiano
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Español
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Deutsch
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Català
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