| Main Entry: | tempest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wild storm; commotion |
Synonyms: |
blizzard, bluster, chaos, convulsion, cyclone, disturbance, ferment, furor, gale, hurricane, squall, tornado, tumult, typhoon, upheaval, uproar, wildness, windstorm |
Antonyms: |
calm |
| Main Entry: | blast |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gust of wind |
Synonyms: |
blow, draft, gale, squall, storm, strong breeze, tempest |
Antonyms: |
breeze, quiet, stillness |
| Main Entry: | blizzard |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | snow storm |
Synonyms: |
blast, gale, precipitation, snowfall, squall, tempest, whiteout |
| Main Entry: | blow |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blast, rush of air, wind |
Synonyms: |
draft, flurry, gale, gust, hurricane, puff, squall, strong breeze, tempest, typhoon |
| Main Entry: | gale |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | violent storm |
Synonyms: |
blast, blow, burst, chinook, cyclone, hurricane, mistral, monsoon, outbreak, outburst, squall, tempest, tornado, typhoon, wind, windstorm |
| Main Entry: | hurricane |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | violent windstorm |
Synonyms: |
blow, cyclone, gale, line storm, monsoon, storm, tempest, tornado, tropical cyclone, tropical storm, twister, typhoon, whirlwind |
| Notes: | a hurricane is a severe tropical storm that starts east of the International Date Line (Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico) and a typhoon is a severe tropical storm that starts west of this line (Pacific Ocean, China Sea) |
| Main Entry: | makeshift |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | temporary |
Synonyms: |
Band-Aid, alternative, expedient, hit-or-miss, make-do, provisional, quick-and-dirty, slapdash, stopgap, substitute, temp, throwaway |
Antonyms: |
complete, finished, permanent, ready |
| Main Entry: | rampage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | storm, violence |
Synonyms: |
binge, blowup, boiling point, destruction, disturbance, ferment, fling, frenzy, fury, mad*, more heat than light, orgy, rage, ruckus, splurge, spree, tear, tempest, tumult, turmoil, uproar, wingding |
Antonyms: |
calm, harmony, peace |
| Main Entry: | stopgap |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | temporarily helping |
Synonyms: |
Band-Aid, emergency, expedient, impromptu, improvised, makeshift, practical, provisional, rough-and-ready, rough-and-tumble, substitute, temp, temporary, throwaway |
Antonyms: |
completed, finished, permanent, solved |
| Main Entry: | storm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strong weather |
Synonyms: |
blast, blizzard, blow, cloudburst, cyclone, disturbance, downpour, gale, gust, hurricane, monsoon, precip, precipitation, raining cats and dogs, snowstorm, squall, tempest, tornado, twister, whirlwind, windstorm |
Antonyms: |
calm, clearness |