Thesaurus
storm
Synonyms and Antonyms of storm
- the chef spent the morning storming at his staff about the ruined sauces
make a scene, run amok (or run amuck)
- it storms so frequently up in the mountains that the peaks are rarely visible from the valley below
- the pirates stormed the ship, easily taking the whole crew as their prisoners
- by the time we arrived, our hostess was storming because dinner was ruined
Synonym Discussion of storm
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- plan to attack the town at dawn
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- assailed the enemy with artillery fire
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- Commandos assaulted the building from all sides.
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- bombarded the city nightly
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- preparing to storm the fortress
storm
Synonyms and Antonyms of storm
- a winter storm bringing about six inches of snow
- the army's spokesperson faced a storm of questions from reporters
- a few minutes of calm before the storm, when the store would open its doors on the busiest day of the year
ado, alarums and excursions, ballyhoo, blather, bluster, bobbery, bother, bustle, clatter, clutter [chiefly dialect], coil, commotion, corroboree [Australian], disturbance, do [chiefly dialect], foofaraw, fun, furor, furore, fuss, helter-skelter, hoo-ha (also hoo-hah), hoopla, hubble-bubble, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly, hurly-burly, hurricane, hurry, hurry-scurry (or hurry-skurry), kerfuffle [chiefly British], moil, pandemonium, pother, row, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, shindy, splore [Scottish], squall, stew, stir, to-do, tumult, turmoil, uproar, welter, whirl, williwaw, zoo
calm, hush, peace, quiet, quietude, rest, stillness, tranquillity (or tranquility)
- the storm caused major damage to our barn
- a storm of indignation and demands for his resignation arose when the mayor's dishonesty was exposed
- civil wars and other storms of unrest swept through the African continent
insurgency, insurrection, mutiny, overthrow, overturn, rebellion, revolt, revolution, subversion, unrest, uprising, upset
eruption, flare-up, outbreak, outburst
bluster, bobbery, bustle, coil, commotion, furor, furore, fuss, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly-burly, pandemonium, rout, row, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, shindy, squall, stew, stir, to-do, turmoil, welter, williwaw
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