Antonyms for boom
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1. • Happening
   • Hit
   • Noise
   • Pole
   • Prosperity
   • Sound

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1. boom, roar, roaring, thundernoun

   a deep prolonged loud noise

   Synonyms:
   thunder, microphone boom, nose drops, bellowing, bellow, scag, hollo, gravy, godsend, bonanza, holla, yowl, big H, hell dust, hollering, holler, gold rush, windfall, smack, manna from heaven, roar, bunce, roaring, holloa, skag

2. boomnoun

   a state of economic prosperity

   Synonyms:
   thunder, bonanza, roar, microphone boom, windfall, gravy, gold rush, godsend, manna from heaven, roaring, bunce

3. boom, bonanza, gold rush, gravy, godsend, manna from heaven, windfall, buncenoun

   a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)

   "the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line"

   Synonyms:
   miraculous food, thunder, bonanza, roar, microphone boom, windfall, gravy, pan gravy, gold rush, godsend, manna from heaven, manna, roaring, bunce

4. boom, microphone boomnoun

   a pole carrying an overhead microphone projected over a film or tv set

   Synonyms:
   thunder, bonanza, roar, microphone boom, windfall, gravy, gold rush, godsend, manna from heaven, roaring, bunce

5. boomverb

   any of various more-or-less horizontal spars or poles used to extend the foot of a sail or for handling cargo or in mooring

   Synonyms:
   thunder, bonanza, roar, microphone boom, windfall, gravy, gold rush, godsend, manna from heaven, roaring, bunce

6. boom, dinverb

   make a resonant sound, like artillery

   "His deep voice boomed through the hall"

   Synonyms:
   thunder, blast, thrive, din, expand, smash, nail, boom out, flourish

7. smash, nail, boom, blastverb

   hit hard

   "He smashed a 3-run homer"

   Synonyms:
   boom out, cop, shoot, crush, bankrupt, complete, thunder, nail, nail down, pass with flying colors, smash, arrest, bang up, nab, din, smash up, ruin, demolish, pillory, break, breeze through, ace, blare, sweep through, sail through, pinpoint, collar, apprehend, savage, peg, thrive, pick up, expand, flourish, crucify, blast, dash, knock down, shell

8. thunder, boomverb

   be the case that thunder is being heard

   "Whenever it thunders, my dog crawls under the bed"

   Synonyms:
   thrive, flourish, thunder, blast, din, expand, smash, nail, roar, boom out

9. boom, boom outverb

   make a deep hollow sound

   "Her voice booms out the words of the song"

   Synonyms:
   thunder, blast, thrive, din, expand, smash, nail, boom out, flourish

10. boom, thrive, flourish, expandverb

    grow vigorously

    "The deer population in this town is thriving"; "business is booming"

    Synonyms:
    elaborate, wave, fly high, expound, exposit, flourish, spread out, blast, amplify, lucubrate, blow up, thrive, din, extend, inflate, expatiate, nail, brandish, flesh out, dilate, thunder, enlarge, prosper, expand, boom out, smash

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1. boomverb

   Synonyms:
   resound, roar

How to use boom in a sentence?

1. Wei Peiran:

   There is no doubt that it's going to be a boom for China in terms of philanthropy. These people have the business acumen and they know how to deal with the government ... They have proved themselves in terms of getting things done.

2. Wendy Kinsella:

   There was a bit of a boom when the gas initially released, the highway was closed to keep people away from the area.

3. John Prine:

   I thought I was grounded. I thought from my kinda blue-collar outlook on life that I would call myself a grounded person. I was not. I was like a balloon flying around in the air. And as soon as our first child was born, boom - my feet came right down to the ground.

4. Nigel Green:

   There are many, and legitimate, contributing factors to the global economic slowdown narrative. These include China-related issues, such as the recent devaluation of its currency, the stock market's boom and bust in recent months, and slower GDP growth, i believe that this volatility is likely to remain with us, at least until the end of the year ... But for most long term investors, fears of a near-term financial apocalypse are overdone.

5. Matt Smith:

   The positive sentiment from OPEC's cuts is outweighing the bearish impact of the Matt Smith shale boom, they are working.

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