Synonyms for thunder
ˈθʌn dərthun·der

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 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

Matched Categories

1. • Move
   • Noise
   • Roar
   • Shout

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 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 databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "thunder":

   thunderstorm, lightning

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How to use thunder in a sentence?

1. Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi:

   Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.

2. Eubie:

   Be grateful for luck. Pay the thunder no mind - listen to the birds. And don't hate nobody.

3. Frederick Douglas:

   Those who profess to favor freedom, yet deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without planting up the ground. They want rain without thunder or lightening. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. The struggle may not be a moral one; or it may be a physical one; or it may be both moral and physical; but it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did, and it never will.

4. 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.

5. John Jensenius:

   They are in danger as soon as they hear a distant rumble of thunder.