breeze
1 of 3noun (1)
ˈbrēz 
1
a
: a light gentle wind
b
: a wind of from 4 to 31 miles (6 to 50 kilometers) an hour
2
: something easily done : cinch
breezeless
ˈbrēz-ləs
adjective breeze
2 of 3verb
breezed; breezing
intransitive verb
1
: to move swiftly and airily
breezed past the protesters
2
: to make progress quickly and easily
breezed through the exam
breezed to victory
breeze
3 of 3noun (2)
: residue from the making of coke or charcoal
Synonyms
Noun (1)
- air
- breath
- puff
- waft
- zephyr
Verb
- bowl
- brush
- coast
- cruise
- drift
- flow
- glide
- roll
- sail
- skim
- slide
- slip
- stream
- sweep
- whisk
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Example Sentences
Verb Look who just breezed in! He breezed past us without so much as a nod. She breezed through the test.
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
probably from Spanish brisa northeast wind
Noun (2)
probably modification of French braise cinders — more at braise
First Known Use
Noun (1)
1626, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Verb
1614, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Noun (2)
1726, in the meaning defined above
Phrases Containing breeze
Kids Definition
breeze
noun
ˈbrēz
1
: a gentle wind
2
: something that is easy to do
The test was a breeze.
breezing
verb
1
as in flowing
to move or proceed smoothly and readily we breezed through the line for customs at the airport Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- flowing
- cruising
- drifting
- sailing
- gliding
- sweeping
- sliding
- rolling
- brushing
- slipping
- coasting
- speeding
- flying
- racing
- rushing
- bowling
- streaming
- skimming
- whisking
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- struggling
- trudging
- floundering
- limping
- stumbling
- plodding
- shuffling
- lumbering
- laboring
- toiling
- tramping
- stomping
- stamping
- shambling
- stumping
2
as in speeding
to proceed or move quickly the doctor breezed past the people in the waiting room, apparently on his way to an emergency Synonyms & Similar Words
- speeding
- hurrying
- zipping
- trotting
- racing
- rushing
- flying
- traveling
- scurrying
- driving
- chasing
- blowing
- jumping
- running
- darting
- buzzing
- scooting
- blasting
- travelling
- dashing
- stepping
- tearing
- barreling
- hustling
- blazing
- jogging
- zooming
- scuttling
- ramming
- ripping
- bolting
- whirling
- careering
- rocketing
- shooting
- coursing
- galloping
- bustling
- careening
- belting
- nipping
- rustling
- bowling
- hurtling
- whisking
- jetting
- hastening
- hurling
- motoring
- haring
- barrelling
- pelting
- bundling
- humping
- hying
- cannonballing
- highballing
- flitting
- hieing
- scampering
- bombing
- sprinting
- scudding
- beating it
- whizzing
- beetling
- scuffling
- accelerating
- stampeding
- making tracks
- streaking
- shaking a leg
- getting a move on
- hotfooting (it)
- stepping on it
- cracking (on)
- quickening
- outrunning
- overtaking
- arrowing
- outpacing
- beelining
- outstripping
- stepping out
- fast-forwarding
- catching up
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- creeping
- lingering
- crawling
- dragging
- poking
- strolling
- hanging (around or out)
- poking
- sauntering
- lagging
- loitering
- dawdling
- ambling
- shuffling
- dallying
- plodding
- lumbering
- tarrying
- decelerating
- dillydallying
- slowing (down or up)