Synonyms for tornado

Most common

storm · hurricane

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   A violent wind in the form of a mobile, rapidly rotating, funnel cloud that has contacted the ground.

Related words

Phrases

tornado juice tornado siren tornado lamp tornado fry tornado potato tornado omelette tornado omurice tornado chaser

Is a kind of

whirlwind

Forms

Plural

tornadoes → cracks, storms, hurricanes, cyclones…

Example sentences

• storm The outdoor concert was canceled due to the storm.
• hurricane The death toll from the hurricane climbed to 200.

Popularity over time

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

By length

5 letters

storm¹, crack¹

7 letters

cyclone², tempest², twister²

9 letters

hurricane³, whirlwind²

10 letters

whirlstorm

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (cyclone² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

tornade

Italiano

tornado

Deutsch

Großtrombe

Català

tornado