blow up

Questions about blow up

What does blow up mean?

blow up means "cause to burst with a violent release of energy". That is the primary sense; the word has 8 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for blow up?

Close synonyms include explode, detonate, set off, enlarge, magnify. 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.

What is the opposite of blow up?

The recorded antonyms are reduce.

Is blow up a common word?

blow up 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.