Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun blazing

1 sense of blazing

Sense 1
blaze, blazing -- (a strong flame that burns brightly; "the blaze spread rapidly")
       => fire, flame, flaming -- (the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke; "fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb blaze

5 senses of blaze

Sense 1
blaze -- (shine brightly and intensively; "Meteors blazed across the atmosphere")
       => shine, beam -- (emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light; "The sun shone bright that day"; "The fire beamed on their faces")

Sense 2
blaze away, blaze -- (shoot rapidly and repeatedly; "He blazed away at the men")
       => blast, shoot -- (fire a shot; "the gunman blasted away")

Sense 3
blaze -- (burn brightly and intensely; "The summer sun alone can cause a pine to blaze")
       => burn, combust -- (undergo combustion; "Maple wood burns well")
          Phrasal Verb-> blaze up#1

Sense 4
blaze, blaze out -- (move rapidly and as if blazing; "The spaceship blazed out into space")
       => depart, part, start, start out, set forth, set off, set out, take off -- (leave; "The family took off for Florida")

Sense 5
blaze -- (indicate by marking trees with blazes; "blaze a trail")
       => mark -- (designate as if by a mark; "This sign marks the border")

Antonyms of adj blazing

2 senses of blazing

Sense 1
blazing, blinding, dazzling, fulgent, glaring, glary -- (shining intensely; "the blazing sun"; "blinding headlights"; "dazzling snow"; "fulgent patterns of sunlight"; "the glaring sun")

INDIRECT (VIA bright) -> dull -- (emitting or reflecting very little light; "a dull glow"; "dull silver badly in need of a polish"; "a dull sky")

Sense 2
blatant, blazing, conspicuous -- (without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious; "blatant disregard of the law"; "a blatant appeal to vanity"; "a blazing indiscretion")

INDIRECT (VIA unconcealed) -> concealed -- (hidden on any grounds for any motive; "a concealed weapon"; "a concealed compartment in his briefcase")

Similarity of adj blazing

2 senses of blazing

Sense 1
blazing, blinding, dazzling, fulgent, glaring, glary -- (shining intensely; "the blazing sun"; "blinding headlights"; "dazzling snow"; "fulgent patterns of sunlight"; "the glaring sun")
       => bright (vs. dull) -- (emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts; "the sun was bright and hot"; "a bright sunlit room")

Sense 2
blatant, blazing, conspicuous -- (without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious; "blatant disregard of the law"; "a blatant appeal to vanity"; "a blazing indiscretion")
       => unconcealed (vs. concealed) -- (not concealed or hidden; "her unconcealed hostility poisoned the atmosphere"; "watched with unconcealed curiosity")

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