Synonyms for quake
- verb
- noun
Definitions
- v. 1
To tremble or shake.
I felt the ground quaking beneath my feet.
- n. 1
A trembling or shaking.
We felt a quake in the apartment every time the train went by.
Related words
- Word family
- quaky quakebreech quakebuttock
- Phrases
- frost quake
Choose the right word
An extended mass which seems to lack solidity or cohesion is said to quake; as, a quaking bog.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- tremble I tremble with my fingers crossed behind the door.
- tremor The poor woman was struck with a nervous tremor.
By length
- 5 letters
- shake1, quail1, seism
- 6 letters
- shiver2, wobble2, tremor2, quiver2, quaver2
- 7 letters
- shudder2, vibrate2, flutter2, tremble2, temblor2
- 9 letters
- palpitate3
- 10 letters
- earthquake2
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (shiver2 = 2 syllables).