Blockbuster

//ˈblɒkˌbʌs.tə(ɹ)//

Synonyms for "blockbuster" (26 found)

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Closest matches (6)

astonishment blow bomb bombshell catch earthshaker

Strong matches (7)

eye opener eye-opener joker kicker novel peripeteia

Noun(1 words)

megahit

Related words (13)

revelation shocker staggerer startler surprisal surprise surprise ending surprise package surprise party switch thunderbolt thunderclap

Noun(1 words)

smash hit

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

7 entries

GP bomb bang general-purpose bomb hit smash smasher strike

Related terms

5 entries

block blockbust bunker buster bust dambuster

derived

9 entries

blockbuster drug blockbusterish blockbusterize bonkbuster knockbuster megablockbuster mockbuster nonblockbuster schlockbuster

derived from

2 entries

block buster

is a

2 entries

general purpose bomb hit

related to

11 entries

block blockbust bomb book box office bomb bust city film firecracker fireworks m 80

Translations

59 translations across 28 languages.

Arabic

1 entries

بْلُوكْبَاسْتَر noun (film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales)

Armenian

1 entries

բլոկբաստեր noun (film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales)

Belarusian

1 entries

блокба́стэр noun (film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales)

Bulgarian

1 entries

блокбъ́стър noun (film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

大片 noun (film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales)
巨型炸彈 /巨型炸弹 noun (high-explosive bomb)
巨片 noun (film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales)
風靡一時的事物 /风靡一时的事物 noun (film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales)

Czech

1 entries

trhák noun (film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales)

Dutch

1 entries

kaskraker noun (film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales)

Faroese

3 entries

karrébumba noun (high-explosive bomb)
metsølubók noun (film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales)
metsølufilmur noun (film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales)

Finnish

2 entries

jymymenestys noun (film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales)
korttelipommi noun (high-explosive bomb)

French

1 entries

blockbuster noun (film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales)

Georgian

1 entries

ბლოკბასტერი noun (film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales)

German

4 entries

Bestseller noun (film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales)
Blockbuster noun (film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales)
Hit noun (film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales)
Kassenknüller noun (film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales)

Greek

1 entries

μπλοκμπάστερ noun (film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales)

Hindi

1 entries

ब्लॉकबस्टर noun (film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales)

Hungarian

3 entries

bombasiker noun (film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales)
kasszasiker noun (film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales)
rendkívül sikeres mű noun (film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales)

Italian

1 entries

successo commerciale noun (film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales)

Japanese

2 entries

ブロックバスター noun (high-explosive bomb)
ブロックバスター noun (film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales)

Kazakh

2 entries

блокбастер noun (film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales)
боевик noun (film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales)

Korean

1 entries

블록버스터 noun (film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales)

Kyrgyz

2 entries

блокбастер noun (film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales)
эң кубаттуу фугас бомба noun (high-explosive bomb)

Lithuanian

1 entries

kultinis serialas noun (film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales)

Polish

3 entries

blockbuster noun (film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales)
hit noun (film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales)
przebój noun (film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales)

Portuguese

1 entries

arrasa-quarteirão noun (film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales)

Russian

2 entries

блокба́стер noun (film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales)
фуга́сная бо́мба noun (high-explosive bomb)

Spanish

4 entries

blockbuster noun (film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales)
bombazo noun (high-explosive bomb)
bombazo noun (film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales)
superventas noun (film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales)

Swedish

3 entries

kassasuccé noun (film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales)
knallsucce noun (film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales)
kvartersbomb noun (high-explosive bomb)

Ukrainian

1 entries

блокба́стер noun (film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales)

Vietnamese

1 entries

bom tấn noun (film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

You say what?! One of my childhood's favourite Saturday morning cartoons has been remade as a Hollywood blockbuster movie? Man, I'm getting old...

Source: tatoeba (999511)

"This tape is ruined. It's also the last." "Objection! There's gotta be another one out th—" "Get real, Your Majesty." "I'm going to 'Blockbuster'." "There is no store that provides tapes anymore. You're screwed." "Oah!"

Source: tatoeba (4073266)

When bald men taking the blood pressure medication minoxidil grew hair, the drug was repurposed as the blockbuster hair-growth product Rogaine.

Source: tatoeba (8638661)

Govind's company creates computer-generated imagery for blockbuster films.

Source: tatoeba (8681660)

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