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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How to use lightning in a sentence?

1. William Taylor:

   Horse domestication was an absolute lightning strike in human history, leading to incredible, widespread, and lasting social transformations all across the ancient world, horses were an order of magnitude faster than many of the transport systems of prehistoric Eurasia, allowing people to travel, communicate, trade and raid across distances that would have previously been unthinkable.

2. Christy Mittler:

   We rolled him over. We were knocking him on his back, telling him, Its OK. You got hit by lightning.

3. Makoto Moore:

   This thunderstorm will produce all of the hazards of a normal thunderstorm : lightning, gusty and erratic winds, precipitation, etc., except much or all of the activity is hidden by the smoke column, firefighters on the ground may have very little warning before strong gusty winds sweep across an area.

4. Hodding Carter:

   Television news is like a lightning flash. It makes a loud noise, lights up everything around it, leaves everything else in darkness and then is suddenly gone.

5. Charles de LEUSSE:

   The lightning of your eyes rings the heart. (De tes yeux l'éclair - Fait sonner le cœur.)