Synonyms of storming

storming

verb

present participle of storm

1

as in raging

to express one's anger usually violently

the chef spent the morning storming at his staff about the ruined sauces

Synonyms & Similar Words

• raging
• rampaging
• bristling
• fuming
• raving
• steaming
• fretting
• running amok
• burning
• making a scene
• blustering
• foaming
• ranting
• fulminating
• seething
• smoldering
• flaring (up)
• carrying on
• stewing
• flipping (out)
• taking on
• blowing up
• chafing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• collecting
• containing
• restraining
• checking
• soothing
• composing
• suppressing
• curbing
• subduing
• repressing
• stifling
• swallowing
• smothering
• strangling
• pacifying
• appeasing
• choking (back)
• moderating
• tempering
• allaying
• reining
• relaxing
• cooling
• easing
• pocketing
• settling
• calming
• quieting
• toning (down)
• quelling
• stilling
• letting up
• hushing

2

as in raining

to fall as water in a continuous stream of drops from the clouds

it storms so frequently up in the mountains that the peaks are rarely visible from the valley below

Synonyms & Similar Words

• raining
• pouring
• precipitating
• flooding
• drowning
• spitting
• showering
• raining cats and dogs
• hailing
• inundating
• squalling
• swamping
• engulfing
• deluging

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• spitting
• sprinkling
• drizzling
• misting
• mizzling

3

as in attacking

to take sudden, violent action against

the pirates stormed the ship, easily taking the whole crew as their prisoners

Synonyms & Similar Words

• attacking
• assaulting
• raiding
• ambushing
• striking
• robbing
• charging
• rushing
• swarming
• invading
• assailing
• trashing
• turning (on)
• descending (on or upon)
• siccing
• flying at
• besetting
• jumping (on)
• setting on
• going in (on)
• setting at
• tearing into
• bushwhacking
• setting upon
• pouncing (on or upon)
• going at
• pitching into
• besieging
• flanking
• bombing
• beating up on
• sacking
• bombarding
• battering
• mobbing
• rounding on
• surprising
• ravaging
• blitzing
• plundering
• lighting into
• waylaying
• barraging
• mugging
• nuking
• bum-rushing
• looting
• pillaging
• cannoning
• beleaguering
• cannonading
• buffeting
• ganging up (on)
• overrunning
• harrying
• enveloping
• ambuscading
• plastering
• banging away (at)
• pressing
• foraying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• protecting
• covering
• securing
• defending
• guarding
• shielding

4

as in steaming

to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger

by the time we arrived, our hostess was storming because dinner was ruined

Synonyms & Similar Words

• raging
• steaming
• burning
• boiling
• foaming
• shaking
• seething
• fuming
• sizzling
• agitating
• raving
• ranting
• rankling
• fulminating
• seeing red
• smoldering
• bristling
• inflaming
• stewing
• convulsing
• roiling
• flaring (up)
• fretting
• chafing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of storming

The second-chance Hail Mary led to the incomprehensible scene of the Michigan Stadium crowd storming the field to cheer the winningest program in Bowl Subdivision history eking out a victory over a Mid-American Conference school. — CBS News, 7 Sep. 2026

While fans were going crazy, storming the field and soaking up the moment, the team couldn’t wait to leave that game behind. — Austin Meek, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026

Such mutinous talk only heightened conservative Justices’ sense that the barbarians were storming the gate. — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026

Davis Polk's client note describes the package as continuing bombardment rather than storming the beaches, built from existing authorities. — Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

Footage of the mass of migrants storming the territory of just 84,000 people sparked a national crisis, and Madrid’s socialist government has struggled to contain it. — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 28 Aug. 2026

That’s been the story of this third season, one that started with Rhaenyra storming the castle and taking the Iron Throne and then promptly saw her get picked apart by dozens of unforeseen calamities. — Brian Grubb, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026

Despite a 25% decline in gold from its high in January, proponents of the precious metal are storming into bullish call positions after almost two months of sideways action gives way to a rally Friday following weak jobs data. — Oliver Renick, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2026

Hours later mobs of his supporters did that, storming the Capitol and using flagpoles, bats, and pipes to attack overwhelmed law enforcement. — Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026