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Synonyms for thunder
ˈθʌn dərthun·der

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Princeton's WordNet3.0 / 1 vote

  1. boom, roar, roaring, thundernoun

    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. 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, 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, 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, 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

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Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 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 database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "thunder":

    thunderstorm, lightning

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How to use thunder in a sentence?

  1. David McElroy:

    This is our 16thannual event, actually [we] kicked off 18 years ago with the run for the wall going to Washington D.C. for Rolling Thunder on Memorial Day.

  2. Dejan Stojanovic:

    When magic through nerves and reason passes, imagination, force, and passion will thunder. The portrait of the world is changed.

  3. Rudyard Kipling:

    On the road to Mandalay Where the flyin' fishes play, An' the dawn comes up like thunder outer China 'crost the bay.

  4. Clint Eastwood:

    They say marriages are made in heaven. But so is thunder and lightning

  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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