blast

1. 1.

   a very long fly ball

   Broaderfly

   baseball

2. 2.

   a sudden very loud noise

   Synonymsbangclaperuptionbam

   Broadernoise

   Narrowerwater hammer
3. 3.

   a strong current of air

   “the tree was bent almost double by the gust”

   Synonymsgustblow

   Broaderwind

   Narrowerblustersandblastpuff
4. 4.

   an explosion (as of dynamite)

   Broaderexplosion

   Narrowerbomb blast
5. 5.

   a highly pleasurable or exciting experience

   “we had a good time at the party”

   “celebrating after the game was a blast”

   Synonymsgood time

   Broaderexperience
6. 6.

   intense adverse criticism

   “Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party”

   “the government has come under attack”

   “don't give me any flak”

   Synonymsfireattackflakflack

   Broadercriticism

Other forms of blast

plural

blasts·

past tense

blasted·

present participle

blasting·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about blast

What does blast mean?

blast means "make a strident sound". That is the primary sense; the word has 16 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in blast?

blast has 1 syllable: blast. In IPA it is /ˈblæst/.

What is another word for blast?

Close synonyms include blare, smash, nail, boom, shell. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is blast a common word?

blast is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with blast?

2 words rhyme with blast. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.