BLIZZARD Synonyms: 81 Similar and Opposite Words

blizzard

noun

Definition of blizzard

as in thunderstorm

a severe storm with a large amount of falling snow Their trip was delayed by a week because of a blizzard.

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as in tide

an overwhelming influx or flow of something The star's off-the-cuff comments touched off a blizzard of criticism on social media.

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Recent Examples of blizzard Last year, amid a blizzard of hirings and sackings at the upper level of the major houses, a group of top designers maintained a WhatsApp group chat dedicated to complaining about Sherman’s coverage of their fates. — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 19 Aug. 2026 Nine of the 22 this year have been for heat, and February’s historic blizzard was the reason for another five. — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 12 Aug. 2026 As blizzard conditions increasingly worsened, the search and rescue team laid the bodies together and covered them with a tarp, marking the spot with GPS coordinates and long poles used to probe for people buried under avalanches. — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 8 Aug. 2026 Unlike a hurricane with clearly visible storm surges or a blizzard with piling snow, extreme heat is invisible. — Nicole F. Roberts, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for blizzard

Recent Examples of Synonyms for blizzard

Noun

Sunday is trending drier now with just a stray afternoon shower or thunderstorm.

— Steven Sosna, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
This thunderstorm is producing an excessive amount of deadly cloud to ground lightning.

— NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of thunderstorm

Noun

But the political tide is shifting, with cities across the country switching to holding local elections when people vote for state and federal offices, too.

— David Greising, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026
However, government forces turned the tide earlier this month, striking Houthi positions on the Red Sea, on Yemen's western coast.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of tide

Noun

In addition to the potential hurricane-force wind gusts, tornadoes are possible near the two islands, and heavy rains are expected throughout the main islands, the hurricane center's specialists warned.

— Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2026
The National Hurricane Center issued a hurricane warning for Kauai County, which includes Kauai and Niihau, with hurricane conditions likely by late Monday.

— Max Zahn, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of hurricane

Noun

It is built around a three-stream adaptive architecture designed to provide the thrust required for high-performance flight while supporting the aircraft’s thermal and electrical demands.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026
At a time when so much is made to disappear into the stream, this open call is an invitation to resist that disappearance.

— Alessia Glaviano, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of stream

Noun

After a typhoon brought severe flooding to the southwestern province of Guangxi in early July, the government updated the official death toll figure more than a month later from 39 dead to 159.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026
According to the Institute for the Study of War, China earlier this month used a typhoon in the region to try to test MSA control of ships in the area.

— Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of typhoon

Noun

Deep in the Pyrenees mountains, a young man, Miquel, struggles in the wake of his mother’s death in a snowstorm — a tragic event that was at the center of Tóibín’s 2006 novella, A Long Winter.

— Mary Lawrence Ware, semafor.com, 3 Sep. 2026
Unlike those folks from the other side of the country who fill cold-weather stadiums for bad teams during snowstorms and brag about it, the local sports fans stay away from struggling teams in uncomfortable situations and shrug about it.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of snowstorm

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