Synonyms for fireball
Grammar : Adj, noun |
Spell : fahyuh r-bawl |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfaɪərˌbɔl |
Top 10 synonyms for fireball Other synonyms for the word fireball
- achiever
- active person
- adapted
- afire
- agile
- aholic
- alert
- all around
- ambitious person
- animated
- antsy
- anxious
- appropriate
- apt
- aspiring
- assiduous
- au fait
- ball of fire
- beaver
- being a pistol
- bent upon
- bolide
- brisk
- bundle of energy
- burning
- bustling
- busy bee
- busy person
- capable
- chipper
- clever
- climbing
- come on
- come on strong
- comet
- coming on strong
- competent
- complete
- constant
- continued
- continuing
- crisp
- daring
- dashing
- decent
- dedicated
- designing
- desirous
- determined
- devoted
- dexterous
- diligent
- doer
- dogged
- driving
- dynamic
- dynamite
- dynamo
- eager
- eager beaver
- earnest
- efficient
- endowed
- energetic
- energetic person
- engaged
- enlivened
- enough
- enterprising
- enthusiastic
- equal
- eventful
- experienced
- explosive
- falling star
- fanatic
- fanatical
- fervent
- fervid
- fireball
- fired
- firm
- fit
- fitted
- fool
- forceful
- forcible
- frenetic
- fresh
- frisky
- generator
- get up and go
- gifted
- go-getter
- go-go
- goal-oriented
- good
- green thumb
- grind
- gung-ho
- hard ball
- hard worker
- hard-working
- has what it takes
- having know-how
- having the goods
- having the right stuff
- high-reaching
- high-spirited
- hopeful
- hot
- hot shot
- hungry
- hustler
- hyper
- impassioned
- incessant
- indefatigable
- indomitable
- industrious
- inexhaustible
- inspired
- intelligent
- intense
- intent
- inventive
- itchy
- jumping
- keen
- know ins and outs
- know one's business
- know one's stuff
- know the answers
- know the ropes
- know the score
- knowing the ropes
- knowing the score
- like a one-man band
- like a pistol
- live wire
- lively
- longing
- masterly
- meteorite
- meteoroid
- missile
- mover and shaker
- nimble
- no slouch
- obsessed
- old hand
- old-timer
- on the ball
- on the move
- paid one's dues
- passionate
- patient
- perky
- persevering
- persistent
- pertinacious
- pertinent
- pineapple
- pistol
- plodding
- plugging
- polished
- possessed
- power-loving
- proficient
- proper
- purposeful
- pushing
- pushy
- qualified
- quick
- rabid
- rapid
- ready
- resolute
- resourceful
- ripe
- risk-taker
- satisfactory
- savvy
- self-starter
- self-starting
- sharp
- sharpy
- shell
- skilled
- skillful
- soaring
- spark plug
- spirited
- sprightly
- spry
- staunch
- steady
- striving
- strong
- sufficient
- suitable
- suited
- talented
- tenacious
- there
- thirsty
- tireless
- unceasing
- undeterred
- unfailing
- unfaltering
- unflagging
- unflinching
- unremitting
- unstinted
- unswerving
- unwavering
- unwearied
- up
- up to it
- up to snuff
- up to speed
- vaulting
- veteran
- whiz
- whiz kid
- wicked
- wild-eyed
- workhorse
- zealous
Définition of fireball
Origin :- 1550s, from fire (n.) + ball (n.1).
- As in untiring : adj determined, persevering
- As in zealous : adj enthusiastic
- As in capable : adj able to perform
- As in active : adj very involved in activity
- As in competent : adj able
- As in ambitious : adj desiring success
- As in shooting star : noun meteor
- As in grenade : noun bomb
- As in go-getter : noun eager beaver
- As in dynamo : noun go-getter
- As in eager beaver : noun industrious person
- Put him in irons until we are ready to transfer to the Fireball.
- Extract from : « Unwise Child » by Gordon Randall Garrett
- A fireball, which is an unusually lurid type of shooting star.
- Extract from : « Creatures of the Abyss » by Murray Leinster
- Eventually the fireball made its exit from the room through a keyhole!
- Extract from : « Thunder and Lightning » by Camille Flammarion
- This probably refers to an unusually large “bolide” or “fireball.”
- Extract from : « Astronomical Curiosities » by J. Ellard Gore
- There's no concussion in vacuum, and the fireball won't reach here.
- Extract from : « Industrial Revolution » by Poul William Anderson
- It looked like an immense green spark a foot long, or like a fireball.
- Extract from : « The Planet Savers » by Marion Zimmer Bradley
- When he attempted to seize the fireball he burned his fingers, and dropped it.
- Extract from : « National Epics » by Kate Milner Rabb
- The Fireball, being much faster than the clumsy Brainchild, had left Earth later than the slower ship, and had arrived earlier.
- Extract from : « Unwise Child » by Gordon Randall Garrett
- The sound went back across the sky along the path the fireball had followed.
- Extract from : « Creatures of the Abyss » by Murray Leinster
- So after the wedding they started for home; and the farmer said to his son-in-law: "God speed you—yourself and your Fireball."
- Extract from : « Poets and Dreamers » by Lady Augusta Gregory and Others
Antonyms for fireball
- abeyant
- afraid
- apathetic
- calm
- clumsy
- cold
- content
- cool
- cowardly
- disinterested
- dispassionate
- dispirited
- dormant
- dull
- easy
- facile
- failing
- frigid
- fulfilled
- green
- happy
- idle
- ignorant
- immobile
- impotent
- inactive
- inadequate
- incapable
- incompetent
- indifferent
- ineffective
- inefficient
- inept
- inert
- inexperienced
- insufficient
- irresolute
- lazy
- lethargic
- lifeless
- meek
- powerless
- quiescent
- quiet
- satisfied
- slow
- sluggish
- stupid
- tiring
- unable
- unassuming
- unconcerned
- uneducated
- unenthusiastic
- unexcited
- unintelligent
- unpassionate
- unpersevering
- unqualified
- unskilled
- unskillful
- unsuitable
- untalented
- useless
- weak
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