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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fireball

Related Stories: — SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket debris creates dramatic fireball over Europe, crashes in Poland (video) — NASA's 'SPHEREx' infrared space telescope is launching this week. —Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 26 Feb. 2025

The collision set off a fireball and sent both aircraft and 67 people — 64 on the Bombardier CRJ700 and three on the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter — crashing into the Potomac River. —Qasim Nauman, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025

Plane with at least 2 aboard crashes in Philadelphia, setting homes ablaze and unleashing a fireball Sports College Sports SUBSCRIBER ONLY UPDATED: January 31, 2025 at 1:45 PM EST Don't let the cold and snow fool you, baseball is just around the corner. —Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 31 Jan. 2025

Another video showed it after touching down at Newark, engine still in a fireball. —Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025