| Main Entry: | whirlwind |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very fast |
Synonyms: |
cyclonic, hasty, headlong, hurricane, impetuous, impulsive, lightning, quick, rapid, rash, short, speedy, swift, tornado |
Antonyms: |
slow |
| Main Entry: | breakneck |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extremely fast |
Synonyms: |
at full tilt, dangerously fast, excessive, flat out, headlong, high-speed, lightning, precipitate, rapid, reckless, speedy, whirlwind |
Antonyms: |
extremely slow |
| Main Entry: | bustle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | quick and busy activity |
Synonyms: |
ado, agitation, clamor, commotion, do*, excitement, flurry, furor, fuss, haste, hubbub, hurly-burly, hurry, pother, rumpus, stir, to-do, tumult, turmoil, uproar, whirl, whirlpool, whirlwind |
Antonyms: |
laziness, relaxation |
| Main Entry: | flurry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commotion, burst |
Synonyms: |
ado, agitation, brouhaha, bustle, confusion, disturbance, excitement, ferment, flap, flaw, fluster, flutter, furor, fuss, gust, haste, hurry, outbreak, pother, spell, spurt, squall, stir*, to-do, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, whirl, whirlwind |
Antonyms: |
calm, calmness, quiet |
| 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: | stir |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commotion, excitement |
Synonyms: |
activity, ado, agitation, backwash, bustle, din, disorder, disquiet, disturbance, ferment, flap, flurry, furor, fuss, movement, pandemonium, pother, racket, row, scene, to-do, tumult, turmoil, uproar, whirl, whirlwind |
Antonyms: |
calm, calmness, moderation, peace |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | whirl |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commotion, confusion |
Synonyms: |
ado, agitation, bustle, clatter, daze, dither, ferment, flurry, fluster, flutter, furor, fuss, hubbub, hurly-burly, hurry, merry-go-round, moil, pother, round, ruction, rush, series, spin, stir, storm, succession, tempest, tumult, turbulence, uproar, whirlwind |
Antonyms: |
calm, peace |
| 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: | vortex |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | whirlpool |
Synonyms: |
eddy, tourbillion, waterspout, whirlwind |