TORNADO: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for TORNADO?

Need another word that means the same as “tornado”? Find 14 synonyms and 30 related words for “tornado” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Tornado” are: crack, crack cocaine, twister, whirlwind, windstorm, cyclone, typhoon, tempest, dust devil, storm, superstorm, hurricane, gale, squall

Tornado as a Noun

Definitions of "Tornado" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “tornado” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel-shaped cloud and advancing beneath a large storm system.
• A localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground.
• A person or thing characterized by violent or devastating action or emotion.
• A purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive.

Synonyms of "Tornado" as a noun (14 Words)

crack cocaine	A usually brief attempt.
cyclone	Rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low pressure center; circling counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern.
dust devil	Free microscopic particles of solid material.
gale	A very strong wind. She collapsed into gales of laughter.
hurricane	A wind of force 12 on the Beaufort scale (equal to or exceeding 64 knots or 118 km/h). A powerful hurricane hit the Florida coast.
squall	Sudden violent winds; often accompanied by precipitation. Low clouds and squalls of driving rain.
storm	Storm windows. The manager is at the centre of a drugs storm in Germany.
superstorm	A powerful and destructive storm that affects a very large area. Britain faces a growing threat from superstorms that could bring at least 10 more rain than today s worst downpours.
tempest	(literary) a violent wind. It was only a tempest in a teapot.
twister	Small friedcake formed into twisted strips and fried; richer than doughnuts. She s a back stabbing double dealing twister.
typhoon	A tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceans.
whirlwind	A column of air moving rapidly round and round in a cylindrical or funnel shape. A whirlwind of activity.
windstorm	A storm consisting of violent winds.

Usage Examples of "Tornado" as a noun

• Teenagers caught up in a tornado of sexual confusion.

Associations of "Tornado" (30 Words)

breeze	Come or go in a casual or light-hearted manner. Tantalizing cooking smells wafted on the evening breeze.
churn	Produce butter by churning milk or cream. A milk churn.
convolute	Make (an argument, story, etc.) complex and difficult to follow. A convolute petal.
convolve	Roll or coil together; entwine.
cyclone	A system of winds rotating inwards to an area of low barometric pressure, with an anticlockwise (northern hemisphere) or clockwise (southern hemisphere) circulation; a depression.
damage	Inflict damage upon. Bombing caused extensive damage to the town.
deluge	Charge someone with too many tasks. Caravans were deluged by the heavy rains.
eddy	(of water, air, or smoke) move in a circular way. An eddy of chill air swirled into the carriage.
gale	A strong wind moving 45-90 knots; force 7 to 10 on Beaufort scale. Gale force winds battered the North Sea coast.
gust	Of the wind blow in gusts. The tree was bent almost double by the gust.
hail	Hail falls. The critics hailed the young pianist as a new Rubinstein.
hurricane	A severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving a 73-136 knots (12 on the Beaufort scale. The manager resigned in a hurricane of disagreement.
maelstrom	A powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides. The train station was a maelstrom of crowds.
purl	Knit with a purl stitch. The water was purling.
rainfall	The quantity of rain falling within a given area in a given time. Low rainfall.
roil	Make turbid by stirring up the sediments of. Winds roil these waters.
snow	Falls of snow. They would snow the public into believing that all was well.
squall	Blow in a squall. Sarah was squalling in her crib.
storm	Storm windows. Commandos stormed a hijacked plane early today.
swirl	Cause to move in a twisting or spiralling pattern. Swirl a little cream into the soup.
tempest	A violent wind. It was only a tempest in a teapot.
thunderstorm	A storm with thunder and lightning and typically also heavy rain or hail.
torrential	Resembling a torrent in force and abundance- Winthrop Sargeant. The torrential facility and fecundity characteristic of his style.
typhoon	A tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceans.
vortex	A powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides. We were caught in a vortex of water.
warning	A statement or event that warns of something or that serves as a cautionary example. His sad death should be a warning to everyone.
weather	Change under the action or influence of the weather. The ice sheet preserves specimens that would weather away more quickly in other regions.
whirl	Frantic activity of a specified kind. Rising smoke whirled in the air.
whirlpool	Flow in a circular current, of liquids. He was drawing her down into an emotional whirlpool.
windy	Suffering from, marked by, or causing an accumulation of gas in the alimentary canal. A windy bluff.