Synonyms of tsunami

tsunami 1 of 2

noun (1)

as in surge

a very high, large wave in the ocean that is usually caused by an earthquake under the sea and that can cause great destruction when it reaches land

The coastline will suffer devastating damage if a tsunami ever hits it.

Related Words

• surge
• surf
• swell
• sea(s)
• tidal wave
• billow
• ripple
• roller
• breaker
• whitecap
• wavelet
• curl
• comber
• ground swell
• riffle

tsunamis

2 of 2

noun (2)

variants also tsunami

plural of tsunami

as in seas

a very high, large wave in the ocean that is usually caused by an earthquake under the sea and that can cause great destruction when it reaches land

The coastline will suffer devastating damage if a tsunami ever hits it.

Related Words

• seas
• swells
• surges
• tidal waves
• billows
• surfs
• breakers
• ripples
• whitecaps
• rollers
• wavelets
• curls
• combers
• riffles
• ground swells

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of tsunami

Noun

All proceeds from digital sales of the single went to victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. —Angelika Ytuarte, jsonline.com, 4 Nov. 2025

Most of those deaths were not due to the earthquake, but rather in the resulting tsunami. —Wesley Cheek, Time, 1 Nov. 2025

Noun

Poseidon had been described as a doomsday weapon that is designed to create a massive radioactive tsunami by detonating near coastal targets. —Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2025

This tsunami has been a long time in building, from the 1990s when only about 10 or 20% of the top 30 films at the global box office were based on existing IP, to approaching 90 percent in the current decade. —Mark Schilling, Variety, 30 Oct. 2025