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Synonyms for thunder

Most common

roar peal fulminate

All synonyms

Verb

Noun

1. Smack

smack, scag, skag slang

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To produce thunder; to sound, rattle, or roar, as a discharge of atmospheric electricity.

    It thundered continuously.

  2. n. 1

    The loud rumbling, cracking, or crashing sound caused by expansion of rapidly heated air around a lightning bolt.

    Thunder cracked overhead.

Forms

Plural
thunders → smacks, scags, skags, roarings…
Past participle
thundered
e.g. thundered → roared, boomed, rolled, pealed…

Example sentences

  • roar The roar of their own cannons was extremely loud.
  • peal There was a sharp peal of thunder.
  • fulminate Why fulminate: it only makes us waste our energy!

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
thunderrising
roarrising
pealrising
fulminatefalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
roll1, boom1, roar1, peal1, scag, skag
5 letters
smack1
7 letters
roaring2
8 letters
detonate3
9 letters
fulminate3
11 letters
fulmination

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (roaring2 = 2 syllables).

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