Synonyms for hurricane
Definitions
- n. 1
A severe tropical cyclone in the North Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, or in the eastern North Pacific off the west coast of Mexico, with winds of 119 km/h (74 miles per hour) or greater accompanied by rain, lightning, and thunder that sometimes moves into temperate latitudes.
Near-synonyms: typhoon, cyclone
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- hurricanes → cyclones, typhoons, storms, tornadoes…
Example sentences
- tornado With his camera, Tom captured a tornado in action.
- gale Have you seen how it's blowing a gale outside?
- typhoon The dark clouds announced the coming of a typhoon.
- tempest Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are a tempest and hailstorm.
By length
- 4 letters
- gale1
- 5 letters
- storm1
- 7 letters
- tornado3, typhoon2, cyclone2, tempest2
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (tornado3 = 3 syllables).