bomb | Definition of bomb

bomb

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of bomb

1 to attack with a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once

following the reporter's obscene outburst, viewers bombed the television station with an unprecedented number of complaints

Synonyms of bomb

barrage, bombard

Words Related to bomb

examine, grill, interrogate, pump, query, question, quiz

annoy, harass, hound, pester

flood, inundate

2 slang to proceed or move quickly

skiers bombing down the slope vied for the coveted gold medal

Synonyms of bomb

barrel, belt, blast, blaze, blow, bolt, bowl, breeze, bundle, bustle, buzz, cannonball, careen, career, chase, course, crack (on), dash, drive, fly, hare, hasten, hie, highball, hotfoot (it), hump, hurl, hurry, hurtle, hustle, jet, jump, motor, nip, pelt, race, ram, rip, rocket, run, rush, rustle, scoot, scurry, scuttle, shoot, speed, step, tear, travel, trot, whirl, whisk, zip, zoom

Words Related to bomb

beetle, dart, flit, scamper, scud, scuffle

stampede, streak, whiz (or whizz)

gallop, jog, sprint

accelerate, quicken, step out

catch up, fast-forward, outpace, outrun, outstrip, overtake

Phrases Synonymous with bomb

beat it, get a move on, make tracks, shake a leg, step on it

Near Antonyms of bomb

dally, dawdle, dillydally, drag, hang (around or out), lag, linger, loiter, poke, tarry

amble, lumber, plod, saunter, shuffle, stroll

decelerate, slow (down or up)

Antonyms of bomb

crawl, creep, poke

3 to be unsuccessful

the chichi restaurant bombed big-time, lasting only six months

Synonyms of bomb

collapse, crater, fail, flame out, flop, flunk, fold, founder, miss, strike out, tank, wash out

Words Related to bomb

flounder, struggle

decline, sink, skid, slip, slump, wane

crash, crumble, miscarry, misfire

implode, self-destruct

Phrases Synonymous with bomb

come a cropper, come to grief, come up empty, die on the vine, fall flat, fall on one's face, fall short, lay an egg

Near Antonyms of bomb

cook, flourish, prosper, thrive