thunderstorm
Syllables: thun·der·storm/ˈθʌn.dəˌstɔːm/US/ˈθʌn.dɚˌstɔɹm/
thunderstorm noun: a storm consisting of thunder and lightning produced by a cumulonimbus, usually accompanied with heavy rain, wind, and sometimes hail; and in rarer cases sleet, freezing rain, or snow.
Noun
thunderstorm (plural thunderstorms)
- A storm consisting of thunder and lightning produced by a cumulonimbus, usually accompanied with heavy rain, wind, and sometimes hail; and in rarer cases sleet, freezing rain, or snow.
- I have never believed, as some people do, in omens and forewarnings, for the dramatic things in my life have generally come upon me as suddenly as a tropical thunder-storm.1936 July, John Buchan, “Lost Gods”, in The Island of Sheep, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC, part I (Fosse), page 11
- Synonyms:
- t-storm, lightning storm, electrical storm, thunder and lightning
thunderstorm meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
thunderstorm in Hindi
- storm with thunder and lightning
- आंधी āndhī, गरज-चमक garaj-camak
thunderstorm in Tamil
- இடிமின்னற்புயல்
thunderstorm in Urdu
- storm with thunder and lightning
- آندھی āndhī, ژالہ بازی žāla bāzī
thunderstorm in Bengali
- বজ্রঝড়, বজ্রপাত
More languagesFewer languages
- thunderstorm in Kannada
- ಗುಡುಗುಮಳೆ
- thunderstorm in Odia
- ବଜ୍ରପାତ
- thunderstorm in Arabic
- عَاصِفَة رَعْدِيَّة ʕāṣifa raʕdiyya
- thunderstorm in Malay
- ribut petir
- thunderstorm in Indonesian
- badai petir, badai guntur
- thunderstorm in Persian
- طوفان tufân
- thunderstorm in Thai
- พายุฝนฟ้าคะนอง paa-yú-fǒn-fáa-ká-nɔɔng, พายุฟ้าคะนอง paa-yú-fáa-ká-nɔɔng
- thunderstorm in Vietnamese
- dông, giông, bão tố có sấm sét
Examples of thunderstorm in a sentence
- You'll hit some nasty thunderstorms if you descend too late.
- You might have warned me about the thunderstorm.
- Our plans for a picnic were thwarted by the thunderstorm.
Synonyms of thunderstorm
Forms of thunderstorm
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Origin of thunderstorm
From thunder + storm.
Words formed from thunderstorm
Questions about thunderstorm
- What does thunderstorm mean?
- Thunderstorm means a storm consisting of thunder and lightning produced by a cumulonimbus, usually accompanied with heavy rain, wind, and sometimes hail; and in rarer cases sleet, freezing rain, or snow.
- What is thunderstorm in Hindi?
- Thunderstorm in Hindi is आंधी (āndhī), गरज-चमक (garaj-camak). See Thunderstorm meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is thunderstorm?
- Thunderstorm is a noun.
- How do you pronounce thunderstorm?
- Thunderstorm is pronounced /ˈθʌn.dɚˌstɔɹm/ (US).
- What is the plural of thunderstorm?
- The plural of thunderstorm is thunderstorms.
Words near thunderstorm in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: thunderstorm (page history and authors); thunderstorm (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); thunderstorm (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); thunderstorm (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); thunderstorm (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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