Synonyms for THUNDER
ˈθʌn dərthun·der

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. boom, roar, roaring, thundernoun

   a deep prolonged loud noise

   Synonyms:
   thunder, microphone boom, nose drops, bellowing, bellow, scag, hollo, gravy, godsend, bonanza, holla, yowl, big H, hell dust, hollering, holler, gold rush, windfall, smack, manna from heaven, roar, bunce, roaring, boom, holloa, skag

2. thundernoun

   a booming or crashing noise caused by air expanding along the path of a bolt of lightning

   Synonyms:
   skag, big H, smack, hell dust, boom, roar, nose drops, scag, roaring

3. big H, hell dust, nose drops, smack, thunder, skag, scagverb

   street names for heroin

   Synonyms:
   roaring, scag, flavour, hell dust, relish, savour, nose drops, big H, smooch, smack, flavor, smacking, roar, sapidity, slap, boom, tang, savor, thunder, skag

4. thunderverb

   move fast, noisily, and heavily

   "The bus thundered down the road"

   Synonyms:
   boom, roar

5. thunder, roarverb

   utter words loudly and forcefully

   "`Get out of here,' he roared"

   Synonyms:
   howl, thunder, yawl, yaup, boom, bellow, wail, ululate, roar

6. thunder, boomverb

   be the case that thunder is being heard

   "Whenever it thunders, my dog crawls under the bed"

   Synonyms:
   thrive, flourish, thunder, blast, boom, din, expand, smash, nail, roar, boom out

7. thunderverb

   to make or produce a loud noise

   "The river thundered below"; "The engine roared as the driver pushed the car to full throttle"

   Synonyms:
   boom, roar

Matched Categories

1. • Move
   • Noise
   • Roar
   • Shout

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. thundernoun

   Associated words:
   brontology, thor, brontorneter, brontograph, fulmineous, fulminatory, isobront, keraunophobia

2. thundernoun

   Synonyms:
   fulmination, denunciation

3. thunderverb

   Synonyms:
   detonate, roll, boom

4. thunderverb

   Synonyms:
   fulminate, denounce

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "thunder":

   thunderstorm, lightning

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How to use THUNDER in a sentence?

1. Bob Barker:

   We obviously want to see the captain of the Thunder prosecuted for his offenses.

2. Frederick Douglas:

   Those who profess to favor freedom, yet deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without planting up the ground. They want rain without thunder or lightening. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. The struggle may not be a moral one; or it may be a physical one; or it may be both moral and physical; but it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did, and it never will.

3. Charles Krauthammer:

   Look at how interesting and how pointed was the timing of this. Trump planned it for the morning after the debate, he’s always been able to steal the thunder of whatever story’s coming out of the debate.

4. Sea Shepherd:

   We were literally a few hundred meters away; they said the ship was sinking and they were abandoning the Thunder, we invited the crew -- 40 of them -- on board, had a medical officer check them over, provided them with food and water.

5. Kyle Busch:

   I love coming up here, i've got a lot of friends from the area. I've raced over at Thunder Road (Barre, Vermont) before. I've race over at Oxford (Maine) before, so I've been around this area a little bit racing the short tracks and stuff.