AFTERSHOCKS Synonyms: 74 Similar and Opposite Words

aftershocks

noun

plural of aftershock

as in foreshocks

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Noun

Common motor symptoms include tremors, stiffness and slow movement, while non-motor ones include anxiety, depression, sleep problems and fatigue.

— Charles Trepany, USA Today, 15 July 2026
These tremors are made possible by faults — cracks in the bedrock — deep below the surface, according to Bauer.

— Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2026

Definition of tremors

Noun

The open threat to kill the president was widely criticized, but Bakhshi is not known to have faced any legal repercussions.

— Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
Most of all, the repercussions are felt by students, who receive a very clear message about which stories their community considers dirty or deviant.

— Sophia Nguyen, The Atlantic, 18 July 2026

Definition of repercussions

Noun

While China has buffered itself from the broader supply shocks, more expensive fuel and commodities could weigh on consumer sentiment and disrupt manufacturing.

— Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
According to the complaint, DGCIM officers repeatedly beat him, fractured his back, administered electric shocks — including to his genitals — and threatened to kill him while extorting money from his wife.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026

Definition of shocks

Noun

But scientists said the rollback could have serious implications for endangered species.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2026
June and July are typically the quietest months of the season, but this shear has been a major roadblock and could have implications for the peak months, too.

— Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 18 July 2026

Definition of implications

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Ongoing recovery and debris-clearing operations have led to the increase in the death toll, particularly in the coastal state of La Guaira, the hardest hit by the quakes close to the Caribbean Sea.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 July 2026
The quakes don’t provide any hints of the exact timing or location of the next destructive temblor that will hit urban Southern California.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026

Definition of quakes

Noun

Whatever its international echoes, the exhibition incited local responses by far-right entities.

— Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 10 July 2026
From shabby apartments to art experiments to filthy needles—with echoes of Patti Smith and Rebecca Makkai—Adler conjures an era of sorrow borne by too many, too young.

— Hamilton Cain, Time, 7 July 2026

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