Synonyms for lightning
ˈlaɪt nɪŋlight·ning

Princeton's WordNet

1. lightningnoun

   abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light

2. lightningnoun

   the flash of light that accompanies an electric discharge in the atmosphere (or something resembling such a flash); can scintillate for a second or more

Matched Categories

1. • Atmospheric Electricity
   • Flash

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1. List of paraphrases for "lightning":

   flash, thunderbolt, lightening, lightyear, thunder

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1. Rick Thoman:

   This very warm weather, on top of the warm May, the very early snowmelt, then we had those two weeks of lightning strikes — it's the classic setup.

2. Richard Auxier:

   The way states do this can either be lightning fast or take a long time.

3. Dean Gould:

   Fresno County officials all want to know a definitive cause to what started Cal Fire last year, investigators spent countless hours hiking rugged terrain to determine the cause, interviewed numerous leads, and eliminated multiple potential causes. In the end, lightning remains as the probable cause.

4. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   The best lightning rod for your protection is your own spine.

5. Tom Cording:

   A lot of times, it's the producers and (artists and repertoire) folks going through tapes, going through masters, and they'll make a discovery, it's voila -- a lightning bolt.