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Synonyms for earthquake
ˈɜrθˌkweɪk
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Princeton's WordNet
earthquake, quake, temblor, seismnoun
shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity
earthquakenoun
a disturbance that is extremely disruptive
"selling the company caused an earthquake among the employees"
Matched Categories
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
earthquakenoun
Synonyms:
earthshock, earth tremorAssociated words:
seismology, seismic, seismography, seismometry, seismal, seismometer, seismograph, seismogram, seismoscope, microseism, microseismic, meizoseismal, coscismal, anaseismic, isoseismic
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "earthquake":
quake, earthquakes, tremor, seismic, seismological, temblor, quakes, epicenter, seismology
Nicknames
List of known nicknames for "Earthquake":
Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
earthquake
Synonyms:
Quake, seismic activity, tremblor, temor
Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #8449 | earthquake | |
| #10716 | quake | |
| #13748 | seismic | |
| #16009 | earthquakes | |
| #34004 | tremor | |
| #47848 | epicenter | |
| #56358 | seismology | |
| #58034 | quakes | |
| #80987 | seismological | |
| #189021 | temblor | |
| #269179 | seism |
How to use earthquake in a sentence?
Tourism Minister Ananda Prasad Pokharel:
They had already paid the money as royalty to climb but could not complete their mission due to the earthquake.
Instead of requiring nuclear power plants to be prepared for the actual flooding and earthquake hazards that could occur at their sites, the NRC will allow them to be prepared only for the old out-of-date hazards typically calculated decades ago when the science of seismology and hydrology was far less advanced than it is today.
I have chosen to come now to help Nepal, which is in troubles because of the earthquake.
Poetry is the lava of the imagination whose eruption prevents an earthquake.
You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake.
Translations for earthquake
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- ardbewingAfrikaans
- terrentrín, tierratremoAragonese
- زلزالArabic
- zəlzələAzerbaijani
- ер тетрәүBashkir
- землятрусBelarusian
- земетресениеBulgarian
- ভূমিকম্পBengali
- kren-douarBreton
- terratrèmolCatalan, Valencian
- zemětřeseníCzech
- daeargrynWelsh
- jordskælvDanish
- ErdbebenGerman
- Εγκέλαδος, σεισμόςGreek
- tertremoEsperanto
- temblor, terremoto, chakaSpanish
- maavärinEstonian
- lurrikaraBasque
- زلزله, زمینلرزهPersian
- maanjäristysFinnish
- jarðskjálvtiFaroese
- séisme, tremblement de terreFrench
- crith talúnIrish
- crith-thalmhainnScottish Gaelic
- sismo, terremoto, terramotoGalician
- רעש אדמה, רעידת אדמהHebrew
- भूकंपHindi
- tranblemanntè, tranblemandtè, tranbleman detèHaitian Creole
- földrengésHungarian
- երկրաշարժArmenian
- gempa bumiIndonesian
- jarðskjálftiIcelandic
- sisma, terremotoItalian
- 地震Japanese
- მიწისძვრაGeorgian
- жер сілкіну, зілзалаKazakh
- nunap sajunneraKalaallisut, Greenlandic
- 지진, 地震Korean
- erdhej, بوومهلهرزهKurdish
- terraemotusLatin
- ÄerdbiewenLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ແຜ່ນດິນໄຫວLao
- žemės drebėjimasLithuanian
- zemestrīceLatvian
- rū, rūwhenuaMāori
- goyang gempa, gempa, gempa bumi, tanah goyang, linduMalay
- terremotMaltese
- jordskjelvNorwegian
- aardbeving, aardschokDutch
- jordskjelvNorwegian Nynorsk
- kéyah haʼdéísnáNavajo, Navaho
- tèrratremol, tèrratremOccitan
- trzęsienie ziemiPolish
- tremor de terra, terramoto, terremotoPortuguese
- cutremurRomanian
- землетрясениеRussian
- потрес, земљотрес, potres, zemljotresSerbo-Croatian
- zemetrasenieSlovak
- potresSlovene
- tërmetAlbanian
- jordbävningSwedish
- భూకంపంTelugu
- заминларзаTajik
- แผ่นดินไหวThai
- lindolTagalog
- deprem, zelzeleTurkish
- يەر تەۋرەش, زىلزىلەUyghur, Uighur
- землетрусUkrainian
- زلزلہUrdu
- động đất, địa chấn, 地震Vietnamese
- tronnmint d' tereWalloon
- ערטקווייקYiddish
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