Synonyms of fireball

fireball

noun

ˈfī(-ə)r-ˌbȯl 

as in pistol

a very energetic person

what this club needs is a fireball who will bring some sorely needed energy and enthusiasm

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pistol
• dynamo
• powerhouse
• live wire
• achiever
• highflyer
• self-starter
• hummer
• hustler
• highflier
• go-ahead
• bootstrapper
• go-getter
• comer
• doer
• dasher
• enterpriser

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• idler
• loafer
• trifler
• lounger
• slug
• dawdler
• drone
• couch potato
• slacker
• shirker
• do-nothing
• goldbrick
• slouch
• deadbeat
• clock-watcher
• sluggard
• layabout
• laggard
• slowpoke
• lazybones
• lingerer
• loiterer
• slugabed
• dallier
• stick-in-the-mud

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of fireball

The plane sped down the runway on its belly, hit a barrier and exploded into a fireball. —Lyna Bentahar, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2024

The Quadrantid meteor shower is one of the best annual meteor showers, known for its brief but intense peak and frequent bright fireballs. —David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024

Christopher Rainer, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Jackson, Mississippi, told Channel 3 WLBT news that his agency received some reports of the fireball after 10 p.m. local time on Dec. 21. —Tariq Malik, Space.com, 23 Dec. 2024

But an Israeli official who reviewed the video said the fireball was likely the result of a secondary explosion, citing the possibility of munitions igniting following an Israeli strike. —Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 16 Dec. 2024