THUNDERED Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

thundered

verb

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past tense of thunder

as in roared

to make a long loud deep noise or cry as we got closer, the waterfall thundered louder and louder

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as in shouted

to speak so as to be heard at a distance a hotheaded man who was always thundering about the crooks and idiots running the government

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Recent Examples of thundered The handful still alive cheered this next generation’s grand adventure as the Space Launch System rocket thundered into the early evening sky, a nearly full moon beckoning some 248,000 miles (400,000 kilometers) away. —

Marcia Dunn, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026 Especially when senior star Mark Mitchell hit a 3-pointer with 7 minutes, 50 seconds left to give MU a 54-52 lead and compel a Miami timeout as the crowd thundered. —

Kansas City Star, 21 Mar. 2026 The Wildcats’ stars leapt to their feet when Sidi Gueye, a 6-11 reserve center by way of Senegal, thundered home a second-chance dunk with 33 seconds left. —

Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2026 The frightening moment an avalanche thundered down a mountainside and slammed into a train traveling through the Swiss Alps was captured by a tourist. —

Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 20 Feb. 2026 The latest in what appears to be an unending stream of storms thundered through the Bay Area on Tuesday, producing violent claps of thunder and lightning bright enough to light up momentarily the gray and sometimes dark sky. —

Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 17 Feb. 2026 Sidelined for the second half of last season by a right hamstring tear that required surgery to reattach the tendon to the bone, Prescott thundered back by throwing for 4,552 yards, 30 touchdowns and 10 interceptions while completing a league-high 404 passes. —

Mike Jones, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2026 Standing in Arizona’s largest dry lakebed, Wilcox Playa, astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy steadied himself as freight trains thundered by, threatening to blur the shot that took months to prepare. —

Lily Hautau, CNN Money, 5 Dec. 2025 After belting out the dynamic final notes of the duet, Grande and Erivo wrapped each other in a hug as the small audience thundered with applause. —

Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 3 Dec. 2025

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Five years ago, a tragic and depressing environmental story unfolded when thousands of giant sequoia trees, an iconic California species that tower 300 feet high and can live for 3,000 years, were killed during multiple large wildfires that roared across the southern Sierra Nevada.

— Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2026
Standing in the outfield, several players stopped and watched as the rocket’s massive boosters, in all their fiery glory, roared on the huge screen.

— Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2026