Synonyms of blizzards

blizzards

noun

plural of blizzard

1

as in thunderstorms

a severe storm with a large amount of falling snow

Their trip was delayed by a week because of a blizzard.

Related Words

• thunderstorms
• hurricanes
• typhoons
• snowstorms
• rainstorms
• windstorms
• hailstorms
• storms
• cloudbursts
• weathers
• cyclones
• thundershowers
• ice storms
• northers
• snow squalls
• sandstorms
• rainsqualls
• squalls
• tempests
• downpours
• rainfalls
• northeasters
• southeasters
• southwesters
• precipitations
• deluges
• showers
• wets
• downfalls

Dissimilar Words

• flurries
• mists
• sprinkles
• drizzles
• spits
• scuds
• mizzles

2

as in tides

an overwhelming influx or flow of something

The star's off-the-cuff comments touched off a blizzard of criticism on social media.

Related Words

• tides
• streams
• floods
• avalanches
• cloudbursts
• torrents
• rivers
• currents
• outpourings
• outflows
• influxes
• cascades
• washouts
• inflows
• fluxes
• waterfalls
• flushes
• gluts
• discharges
• surpluses
• excesses
• gushes
• inundations
• deluges
• overages
• surfeits
• flood tides
• cataracts
• cataclysms
• spates
• engulfments
• Niagaras
• baths
• oversupplies
• overflows
• overkills
• overmuch
• superfluities
• overabundances
• superabundances
• alluvions

Dissimilar Words

• droughts
• drips
• trickles
• dribbles

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of blizzards

When Arctic air meets a moisture-rich storm system, the combination can produce snowstorms and blizzards. — Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026

Grandma, irrelevantly but convincingly, spoke of wars, blizzards and trekking barefoot to school. — Literary Hub, 15 July 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

The incidents tracked include wildfires, floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, blizzards and hail. — Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 21 June 2026

As Bloomberg recently reported, brides are buying $14 spells from witches on Etsy to ensure that their $100,000 weddings are not marred by blizzards or downpours. — Maureen Dowd, Mercury News, 18 June 2026

Invasive Callery pears, or Bradford pears, bloom in blizzards across Illinois neighborhoods, roadsides and forests every April. — Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026

Floods, droughts, deep freezes, and blizzards! — Teresa Woodard, Midwest Living, 21 Apr. 2026

For decades, Indian Point operated 24/7 and supplied roughly 2,000 megawatts of carbon-free electricity around the clock — through heat waves, blizzards, and everything in between. — Nicole Malliotakis, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2026