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