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 The blizzard inspired the use of underground subway lines and utility lines as well as better winter storm preparedness, city planning and new weather models and translation tools. — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 4 July 2026 The Bay Area was handed, unquestionably, the worst slate of group-stage games FIFA’s bureaucrats could manifest — five equivalents of a Tuesday night MACtion football game in a November blizzard. — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 26 June 2026 The air in the bedroom instantly became a blizzard of trash. — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 26 June 2026 Benji’s father is a volatile patriarch who grills during blizzards and hits him for failing to manfully respond to a classmate’s racist slight. — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 22 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for blizzard

Recent Examples of Synonyms for blizzard

Noun

It was instead caused by cold air plummeting to the ground from the upper levels of a passing thunderstorm, experts says.

— Mark Price July 30, Charlotte Observer, 30 July 2026
Apart from the tornado, Pickens County received some damage from the thunderstorm that swept through Georgia on Tuesday night.

— Dan Raby, CBS News, 30 July 2026

Definition of thunderstorm

Noun

Officials have also reviewed currents, tides, wind conditions and possible drift patterns, and checked local beaches, bays, inlets and other coastal areas.

— Saleen Martin, USA Today, 30 July 2026
The project, whose other backers include the Patel Family Office and Saudi’s AHQ Group, is part of a larger tide of capital flowing into Gulf oil infrastructure.

— Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 30 July 2026

Definition of tide

Noun

The last major hurricane to hit Miami-Dade County was the catastrophic Hurricane Andrew in 1992, but the city did not take a direct hit.

— Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
In 2020, a massive storm called a derecho struck Iowa, producing hurricane-force winds and flattening over 10 million acres of corn and soybean fields.

— Derek Norman, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of hurricane

Noun

With no bright moon competing against faint meteors, observers under rural skies could see 60 to 100 meteors per hour, while even suburban observers should enjoy a steady stream of shooting stars.

— Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
City officials and neighbors assert that the constant stream of vehicles at the charging stations create light and sound pollution and cause undue traffic congestion on the streets and nearby alleys, creating a collective bother and disruption.

— Cyrus Farivar, ArsTechnica, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of stream

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China set a record summer harvest, yet Beijing's own officials warn the far larger autumn crop faces floods, typhoons and abrupt swings between drought and deluge.

— Ingmar Rentzhog, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Weakness in domestic goods demand, including in building activity, contributed to the lower PMI figures, according to Capital Economics, while several typhoons that hit China in July may have also disrupted manufacturing.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 July 2026

Definition of typhoon

Noun

These are the men and women who spent decades operating buses, maintaining subways, repairing tracks, and kept New York moving through snowstorms, terrorist attacks, and a global pandemic.

— Marianne Pizzitola, New York Daily News, 25 July 2026
That role is currently empty, and Morales points to the severe snowstorms that took place in January and February as times when the city could have used better coordination.

— Antonia Noori Farzan, The Providence Journal, 16 July 2026

Definition of snowstorm

Noun

Along the road, however, they are suddenly met with a trickle, and then a flood of refugees.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Peter van Duijvendijk is a flood defense manager at the Schieland en de Krimpenerwaard water corporation, one of 21 such organizations covering the Netherlands that are responsible for issues including flood control.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026

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