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fireball
adjective as in active
Strongest matches
adjective as in ambitious
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- anxious
- ardent
- aspiring
- avid
- ball of fire
- bent upon
- climbing
- come on
- come on strong
- designing
- desirous
- driving
- eager
- eager beaver
- enterprising
- get up and go
- go-getter
- goal-oriented
- hard ball
- high-reaching
- hopeful
- hungry
- industrious
- inspired
- intent
- longing
- power-loving
- purposeful
- pushing
- pushy
- self-starting
- sharp
- soaring
- striving
- thirsty
- vaulting
- zealous
adjective as in capable
Strongest matches
adjective as in competent
Weak matches
- adapted
- all around
- appropriate
- au fait
- being a pistol
- clever
- complete
- crisp
- dynamite
- endowed
- enough
- equal
- fit
- fool
- good
- know ins and outs
- know one's business
- know one's stuff
- know the answers
- know the ropes
- know the score
- no slouch
- on the ball
- paid one's dues
- pertinent
- polished
- satisfactory
- savvy
- sufficient
- suitable
- there
- up to it
- up to snuff
- up to speed
- wicked
adjective as in untiring
Weak matches
- constant
- continued
- continuing
- dedicated
- devoted
- dogged
- eager beaver
- firm
- go-go
- grind
- hyper
- incessant
- indefatigable
- indomitable
- inexhaustible
- jumping
- patient
- perky
- persistent
- pertinacious
- plodding
- plugging
- resolute
- staunch
- steady
- strong
- tenacious
- tireless
- unceasing
- undeterred
- unfailing
- unfaltering
- unflagging
- unflinching
- unremitting
- unstinted
- unswerving
- unwavering
- unwearied
adjective as in zealous
noun as in dynamo
noun as in eager beaver
noun as in go-getter
noun as in shooting star
Weak matches
Example Sentences
When they do reach lower altitudes, the result is typically a spectacular fireball, sometimes followed by tiny meteorites scattered across the ground.
Videos taken when the explosion occurred around 9:30 p.m. showed a massive fireball erupt amid a loud, extended roar.
A couple were left badly burnt after fleeing for their lives when their fireplace exploded, engulfing their home in an "orange fireball".
The heat ruptured a gas pipeline from another installation, producing a fireball that engulfed Piper Alpha.
On Jan. 7 , Sydney and I, along with three women and four dogs from the neighborhood, found ourselves frantically driving south to Pasadena’s iconic, grand hotel — the Langham Huntington — to escape the fast-moving fireball.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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