Synonyms for thunder
ˈθʌn dər

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1. boom, roar, roaring, thunder(noun)

   a deep prolonged loud noise

   Synonyms:
   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. thunder(noun)

   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, scag(verb)

   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, skag

4. thunder(verb)

   move fast, noisily, and heavily

   "The bus thundered down the road"

   Synonyms:
   boom, roar

5. thunder, roar(verb)

   utter words loudly and forcefully

   "`Get out of here,' he roared"

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

6. thunder, boom(verb)

   be the case that thunder is being heard

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

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

7. thunder(verb)

   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

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1. thunder(n)

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

2. thunder(n)

   Synonyms:
   fulmination, denunciation

3. thunder(v)

   Synonyms:
   detonate, roll, boom

4. thunder(v)

   Synonyms:
   fulminate, denounce

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1. List of paraphrases for "thunder":

   thunderstorm, lightning

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How to use thunder in a sentence?

1. 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.

2. Dean Martin:

   I think what John Legend's done is John Legend's stealing the thunder from Frank Loesser's song and my dad, john Legend should write John Legend own song if John Legend doesn't like this one, but don't change the lyrics. It's a classic, perfect song.

3. Bob Barker:

   I'm 100% confident that the captain of the Thunder destroyed his own ship.

4. Dejan Stojanovic:

   There is a moonlight note in the Moonlight Sonata; there is a thunder note in an angry sky.

5. Craig Deluz:

   Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom is no stranger to trying to hijack high-profile issues in order to get his name out there, and Senate Pro Tem de Leon doesn't want the Lieutenant Governor to steal his thunder.

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