fumes 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of fume
1
as in steams
to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger he silently fumed as his ex-girlfriend danced with her new beau

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
2
as in storms
to express one's anger usually violently when she found out her driver's license was being suspended, she fumed, throwing papers across the room and shouting at the top of her lungs

Synonyms & Similar Words

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

fumes

2 of 2

noun

plural of fume
as in clouds

Related Words

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fumes
  1. steams
  2. storms
  3. clouds
  4. burns
  5. rages
  6. boils
  7. seethes
Verb
  • The series left Netflix at the end of June (A Year in the Life remains available there) and currently steams on Hulu and Prime Video.
    — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Lucien Laviscount enters the scene and steams it up as Hot Guy who fandangoes with Laila and then upends the apple cart later on.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 9 July 2026
Definition of steams
Verb
  • Mars storms the Official Streaming chart with five titles, while one of his most successful collaborations becomes a bestseller again on multiple rosters.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • Although significant, that event was far less powerful than the Carrington Event — or the even rarer storms the new study suggests may be possible.
    — Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of storms
Noun
  • Southwestern Minnesota will see a few more clouds, and could get clipped by a few showers in the early hours.
    — Joseph Dames, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • This was promptly followed by rapidly moving ground-hugging clouds of blistering hot gas and rock fragments, a phenomenon called pyroclastic flow.
    — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of clouds
Verb
  • The clip shows the moment of ignition of one of the spacecraft's six Raptor 3 engines, which burns for approximately 15 seconds.
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • In Figments of Freedom, written, directed by and starring Webber, a Marine goes AWOL, burns his life to ash, and vanishes into America’s fractured heart.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of burns
Verb
  • The rivalry between Apple and Google rages on, as the latest smartwatches from the tech giants are similarly equipped to offer AI assistance and track your health from your wrist.
    — Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 15 Aug. 2026
  • And these attacks drive up insurance costs – further deterring shipping companies while the war rages on.
    — Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of rages
Verb
  • The energy boils, and so does the tension between the woman in red and someone else competing for the same man.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Grylls cuts off the animal’s tongue with a knife and boils it over a campfire.
    — Erin Jensen, USA Today, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of boils
Verb
  • In the very human-scale role of Chef, all that glamour and pageantry seethes just beneath the skin.
    — Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2026
  • As Seth seethes about his separation from his home country (and the family fortune), Arias interweaves a backstory involving assassination, undisclosed parentage and (as the title suggests) the perilous creatures slithering across the landscape.
    — Michael Schaub, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
Definition of seethes
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

fumed
fumes
fuming
See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Fumes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fumes. Accessed 23 Aug. 2026.

Copy Citation

More from Merriam-Webster on fumes

Nglish: Translation of fumes for Spanish Speakers

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

Listen to the pronunciation of prowess

See Definitions and Examples »

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See More

A Who’s Who Regarding ‘Who’s’ and ‘Whose’

How to Pronounce the Trickiest Menu Items

'A' or 'an'? What about before 'h'? An Indefinite Article Guide

Do you 'say your piece' or 'say your peace'?

Why is '-ed' sometimes pronounced at the end of a word?
See More

Popular in Wordplay

See More

Words from the 'Odyssey'

The Longest Long Words List

Even More Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

The Words of the Week - Aug. 21

12 Lovely and Unusual Words for the Natural World
See More

Popular

See More

A Who’s Who Regarding ‘Who’s’ and ‘Whose’

Words from the 'Odyssey'

The Longest Long Words List
See More

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
alt-684346df967d5
Add A Letter Quiz Pick the letter that goes in the same spot in fou...
See All