A fool's bolt is soon shot.
Source: tatoeba (18357)
Bolt
/boʊlt/
Synonyms for "bolt" (521 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (105)
abscondabsence without leaveabsquatulateabsquatulationapostacizeapostasyapostatizearrowarrowheadarticulateassortattachawolbackslidingbaleball lightningbangbarbarbbarricade
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barrierbattenbatten downbeat a retreatbetraybetrayalbindleblatblockblock upblockadeblowblurt outbobtailed arrowboilbolabolt downbolt of lightningbolt uprightbombbombshellboomerangbouquetbreak awaybreakawaybrickbatbucklebudgetbundleburn outbuttbuttonbutton upcareercatchcategorizechain lightningchange sideschargechasechested arrowchockchokechoke offclapclarifyclaspclassifyclearclear outcleatclipcloseclose offclose tightclose upcloth yard shaftcoilcollateconnectconstrictcontaincontractcordoncordon offcountermissilecovercramcrowd
Verb(8 words)
Adverb(1 words)
Strong matches (156)
cry outcullcull outcut and rundark lightningdartdashdash offdebardecampdecampmentdeckdecrassifydefectdefectiondeitydepartdepuratederelictiondesert
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deserterdesertiondevourdisappearancedisappearing actdisloyaltydistilldividedogdovetaileat upedulcorateejaculateelopeelopementeluteengorgeerectescapeessentializeexclaimexitextracteye-openerfagotfaithlessnessfall awayfall offfardelfascesfascinefastenfilterfiltratefireballfireboltfixfleeflightflingflyflying flamefoldfold upforked lightningfrench leavefugitatefugitationfulgurationfulminationghettoizegingirthglutgluttonizego awolgo overgobblegodgoddessgoing overgorgegormandizegradategradegroupgulpgulp downgunguttleguzzlehasphastehastenhasty retreathegirahiehingehitchhookhumphump ithurryhurtleingurgitateinsulateirish confettiisolatejamjointjumpjump bailjupiter fulgurkeep apartkeep asidekey
Adjective(1 words)
danish skyde
Related words (260)
lacinglashlatchlay asideleachlengthlet downlevantlevin boltlightninglive to eatlixiviatelocklock outlock upmake hastemake offmissilemitermortise
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nailnosegayoak-cleaving thunderboltsobstructoccludepackpackagepacketpadlockparcelpartpegpercolatepick outpiecepinplumbpoop outportionpostposyprojectilepull outpurifyput asidequarantinequarrelquick exitquiverrabbetracerankratrattingravenrecidivationrecidivismrecreancyrectifyreedrefinerevelationriddlerigidlyrivetrockrocketrodrollrouleaurunrun awayrun away fromrun away withrun for itrun offrun out onrunning awayrushscamperscarfschismscoffscootscourscramscramblescrammingscreenscrewscudscurryscuttlesealseal offseal upsecedesecessionsecludesecuresegregatesell outseparateset apartset asidesewshaftsheafsheet lightningshockshockershootshow the heelsshutshut offshut outshut the doorshut tightshut upsievesiftsizeskedaddleskedaddlingskewerskipskip outslamslip the cableslopsloshsnapsortsort outspeedspiritualizespringsqueezesqueeze shutstampedestand in the waystaplestartstartlestep on itstickstifflystiflestitchstonestop upstraightstrainstranglestrangulatestreakstripstroke of lightningstuffsublimatesublimesubordinatesuffocatesurpriseswallow wholeswitchswitch overtacktaketake flighttake french leavetake to flighttake wingtearthorthrashthreshthrow stickthrowing-stickthunderballthunderboltthunderstroketoggletorpedotreasontrusstryturnturn cloakturn tailturning traitorvolleywaddywalk outwalkoutwedgewinnowwolfwolf downzip upzipper
Noun(35 words)
lamlarileglightning strokelightningslocklockinglocksnut boltquarrelsracescatsscootingscootsscudssecureskitteringslugsprintsprinting
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spurtspurtingspurtssquirtstampedestampedesstampedingswillingtextile rollthreaded fastenerthunderthunderboltthunderboltstightening boltéclair
Verb(18 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
36 entriesShowing 16 of 36 words.
More specific
16 entriesCollocations
9 entriesbolt actionbolt cutterbolt holebolt of clothcarriage boltdoor bolthex boltlag boltsteel bolt
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
2 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesTranslations
28 translations across 19 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- топ noun (large roll of material)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 匹 noun (large roll of material)
Dutch
1 entries- rol noun (large roll of material)
Esperanto
2 entries- rulaĵo noun (large roll of material)
- ŝtofbobeno noun (large roll of material)
Finnish
3 entries- paali noun (large roll of material)
- pakka noun (large roll of material)
- rulla noun (large roll of material)
French
1 entries- rouleau noun (large roll of material)
Galician
2 entries- roldo noun (large roll of material)
- rolo noun (large roll of material)
German
2 entries- Ballen noun (large roll of material)
- Rolle noun (large roll of material)
Hebrew
1 entries- גְּלִילָה noun (large roll of material)
Hungarian
1 entries- vég noun (large roll of material)
Italian
1 entries- rotolo noun (large roll of material)
Japanese
1 entries- 反物 noun (large roll of material)
Māori
1 entries- pōkai (papanga) noun (large roll of material)
Portuguese
1 entries- rolo noun (large roll of material)
Russian
1 entries- руло́н noun (large roll of material)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- bolta noun (large roll of material)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- bȁla noun (large roll of material)
- smȍtak noun (large roll of material)
- ба̏ла noun (large roll of material)
- смо̏так noun (large roll of material)
Spanish
1 entries- rollo noun (large roll of material)
Swedish
2 entries- bunt c packe noun (large roll of material)
- rulle noun (large roll of material)
Sample sentences
52 total sentences available.
The news hit me like a bolt from the blue.
Source: tatoeba (45212)
Only if there's a cancellation, and that would be a bolt out of the blue.
Source: tatoeba (63153)
"Done!" says the angel, and disappears in a cloud of smoke and a bolt of lightning.
Source: tatoeba (73989)
Showing 4 of 52 available sentences.