superstorm

noun

su·​per·​storm ˈsü-pər-ˌstȯrm 

: a very large and powerful storm

… typhoons (another word for hurricanes) sometimes track north into the Bering Sea, becoming superstorms that hit the west coast of Alaska.

—Ned Rozell

Examples of superstorm in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The solar superstorm also demonstrated the negative impact that such space weather can have on space technology, a risk that drives the desire of researchers to develop better space weather prediction. —Robert Lea, Space.com, 6 Mar. 2026

This week’s approaching winter superstorm is making a lot of news as folks stock up on groceries and hunker down. —Adam Frank, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026

For the past year, USA TODAY National Columnist, Suzette Hackney has been exploring what home really means by following people whose lives were reshaped by displacement, whether by climate change, fueled superstorms or tribal politics. —Dana Taylor, USA Today, 29 Dec. 2025

Recent natural disaster drills indicate that international contingency plans require serious improvements in order to properly safeguard against the next inevitable geomagnetic superstorm. —Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 20 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1919, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for superstorm

• chloroform
• coliform
• cribriform
• cruciform
• filiform
• fusiform
• isoform
• microform
• multiform
• multiforme
• outperform
• piriform