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
• avalanches
• floods
• cloudbursts
• torrents
• rivers
• currents
• outpourings
• outflows
• influxes
• cascades
• washouts
• inflows
• fluxes
• waterfalls
• gluts
• flushes
• 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

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

February marked a brutal month across the country, with blizzards and blackouts. — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026

From a surprising heat wave in California to blizzards burying parts of the Midwest and storms rolling over the East Coast, chaotic weather put more than half the nation's population in the path of extreme conditions Monday. — CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026