| Main Entry: | typhoon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | weather event |
Synonyms: |
cyclone, hurricane, storm, tornado, twister |
| 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: | 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: | 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: | wind |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | air currents |
Synonyms: |
air, blast, blow, breath, breeze, chinook, cyclone, draft, draught, flurry, flutter, gale, gust, mistral, puff, tempest, typhoon, wafting, whiff, whirlwind, whisk, zephyr |
| Main Entry: | cyclone |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | destructive wind |
Synonyms: |
twister, typhoon, windstorm |
| Main Entry: | tropical cyclone |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tropical storm |
Synonyms: |
cyclone, hurricane, tempest, typhoon, violent rain storm |
| Main Entry: | tropical storm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | violent rain storm |
Synonyms: |
cyclonic storm, hurricane, tempest, tropical cyclone, typhoon |
| Main Entry: | tornado |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | weather event |
Synonyms: |
cyclone, funnel, storm, twister, typhoon, whirlwind, wind |