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Definitions for Thunder

[1] a loud, explosive, resounding noise produced by the explosive expansion of air heated by a lightning discharge.
[2] any loud, resounding noise: the thunder of applause.
[3] a threatening or startling utterance, denunciation, or the like.
[4] to give forth thunder (often used impersonally with it as the subject): It thundered last night.
[5] to make a loud, resounding noise like thunder: The artillery thundered in the hills.
[6] to utter loud or vehement denunciations, threats, or the like.
[7] to speak in a very loud tone.
[8] to move or go with a loud noise or violent action: The train thundered through the village.
[9] to strike, drive, inflict, give forth, etc., with loud noise or violent action.
[10] steal someone's thunder , to use for one's own purposes and without the knowledge or permission of the originator the inventions or ideas of another. to ruin or detract from the effect of a performance, remark, etc., by anticipating it.
[11] a loud cracking or deep rumbling noise caused by the rapid expansion of atmospheric gases which are suddenly heated by lightning
[12] any loud booming sound
[13] rare a violent threat or denunciation
[14] steal someone's thunder to detract from the attention due to another by forestalling him or her
[15] to make (a loud sound) or utter (words) in a manner suggesting thunder
[16] (intr; with it as subject ) to be the case that thunder is being heard
[17] (intr) to move fast and heavily the bus thundered downhill
[18] (intr) to utter vehement threats or denunciation; rail

Words related to Thunder

roar, rumble, explosion, detonation, resound, reverberate, growl, booming, crash, cannonade, peal, uproar, barrage, boom, fulmination, discharge, blast, outburst, clap, crashing

Words nearby Thunder

thummim, thump, thumping, thun, thunbergia, thunder, thunder bay, thunder egg, thunder mug, thunder sheet, thunderation

Origin of Thunder

before 900; (noun) Middle English thonder, thunder, Old English thunor; cognate with Dutch donder, German Donner; Old Norse thōrr Thor, literally, thunder; (v.) Middle English thondren, Old English thunrian, derivative of the v.; akin to Latin tonāre to thunder

Other words from Thunder

thun·der·er , noun
thun·der·less , adjective
out·thun·der , verb (used with object)

Word origin for Thunder

Old English thunor; related to Old Saxon thunar, Old High German donar, Old Norse thōrr; see Thor , Thursday

Synonyms for Thunder

detonation, explosion, roar, rumble, barrage, blast, boom, booming, cannonade, clap, cracking, crash, crashing, discharge, drumfire, fulmination, outburst, peal, pealing, rumbling, thunderbolt, uproar, thundercrack