blockbuster

Language: en

🇺🇸 /ˈblɑˌkbʌstɜr/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    A thing of great power or size, especially a movie, book, or other product that is a great commercial success.; A large aerial bomb capable of destroying an entire block of buildings, used in World War II.; A pharmaceutical drug that generates annual sales exceeding one billion dollars.
  2. adjective
    Extremely successful or popular; having the characteristics of a blockbuster.

🔗 Details

Word forms

countable Plural: blockbusters

Collocations

blockbuster movieblockbuster hitsummer blockbusterblockbuster dealblockbuster successblockbuster novel

Derivatives

blockbusting

Synonyms

hitsmashbestsellerphenomenonsmash hitsensation

Antonyms

flopbombfailuredud

Commonly confused

blockbuster
EN: Originally referred to a large bomb capable of destroying a whole block; now primarily means a hugely successful entertainment product.

Spelling tips

EN: Write as one word ('blockbuster'), not two ('block buster') or hyphenated ('block-buster').

💬 Examples

  1. The summer blockbuster earned over a billion dollars at the global box office.

  2. The RAF dropped blockbusters on German industrial cities during the war.

  3. The company's new cholesterol drug is expected to become a blockbuster within two years.

  4. The author released a blockbuster novel that topped bestseller lists for months.