Thunder

Noun

 * 1) The sound caused by the discharge of atmospheric electrical charge.
 * 2) A sound resembling thunder.
 * 3) A deep, rumbling noise.

Verb

 * 1)  To make a noise like thunder.
 * 2)  To talk with a loud, threatening voice.
 * 3)  To say (something) with a loud, threatening voice.
 * 4) To produce something with incredible power

Adjectives for Thunder
howling; blasting; intermittent; interrupted; heavy; frightful; thrilling; melodious; mountain; angry; swarthy; sullen; editorial; muttering; branding; oracular; suspended; nameless; ominous; harmless; rumbling; direful; serious; muffled; wrathful; lounging; artillery; hateful; clothed; incessant; threatening; stage; earthly; sweet; rattling; brazen; volleying.

Verbs for Thunder
brave—; shoot forth—; —blusters; — booms; —claps; —crashes; —deafens; — detonates; —dins; —discords; —disturbs; —echoes; —fulminates; —menaces; —petrifies ; —pierces ; —rattles; —rends; —reverberates ; —roars; —rolls; —rumbles; — shatters; —shocks; —splits; —startles; — threatens; —volleys.

Adverbs for Thunder
appallingly; violently; ominously; tremendously; terrifically; frightfully; rumblingly; muffledly; wrathfully; threateningly; repeatedly; awesomely.

Thesaurus
thundershower, thundersquall, thunderstorm, thunderstroke, tintamarre, trumpet, trumpet forth, tumult, twang, uproar, wail, warble, whine, whisper, yap, yawp, yell, yelp, Bedlam let loose, Donar, Indra, Jupiter Tonans, Thor, awake the dead, bark, bawl, bedlam, bellow, blare, blare forth, blast, blast the ear, blat, blaze, blaze abroad, blazon, blazon about, blubber, bobbery, boom, booming, brawl, bray, breathe, brouhaha, buzz, cackle, celebrate, chant, charivari, chirm, chirp, clamor, clangor, clap, clatter, commotion, coo, crack, cracking, crash, crashing, crescendo, crow, cry, cry out, deafen, declaim, deep, denounce, din, discord, donnybrook, drawl, dread rattling thunder, drunken brawl, dustup, echo, exclaim, execrate, explode, explosion, fill the air, flap, flute, fracas, free-for-all, fulminate against, fulmination, gasp, growl, growling, grumble, grumbling, grunt, hell broke loose, herald, herald abroad, hiss, howl, hubbub, hue and cry, hullabaloo, intimidate, jangle, keen, lilt, loud noise, menace, mumble, murmur, mutter, noise, noise and shouting, outcry, pandemonium, pant, peal, peal of thunder, pealing, pipe, proclaim, promulgate, racket, rail at, rattle, rattle the windows, reboation, rebound, reecho, rend the air, rend the ears, resound, resounding, reverberate, reverberation, rhubarb, ring, rise, roar, roaring, rock the sky, roll, row, ruckus, ruction, rumble, rumbling, rumpus, scream, screech, shindy, shivaree, shout, shriek, sibilate, sigh, sing, snap, snarl, snort, sob, split the eardrums, split the ears, squall, squawk, squeal, startle the echoes, stun, surge, swear at, swell, threaten, thunder forth, thunderclap, thundercrack, thundering, thunderpeal,

Etymology
From þunor:, from  < *þen, from. Compare Persian (tondar).

Usage notes

 * roll, clap, peal are some of the words used to count thunder.

Derived terms

 * thunder and lightning
 * thunderation
 * thunderbird
 * thunderbolt
 * thunderboomer
 * thunderbox
 * thunderclap
 * thundercloud
 * thunderhead
 * thunderous
 * thundersquall
 * thunderstorm
 * thunder thighs

Derived terms

 * thunderer

Noun

 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Chamicuro:
 * Chinese: 雷 (léi)
 * Czech: hrom, zahřmění
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: kõu
 * Finnish: jyrinä
 * French:
 * Georgian: ქუხილი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Haitian Creole:
 * Hebrew: רעם
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Irish: toirneach
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 우레 (ure)
 * Kott:
 * Latgalian:
 * Latin:, tonitrus, tonitruum
 * Latvian: pērkons
 * Lithuanian: griaustinis


 * Macedonian:
 * Manx:
 * Ngarrindjeri:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romagnolo: tràun
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian: ,
 * Sicilian:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene: grom, grmenje
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: radi (nc 9/10)
 * Swedish:, (åsk)
 * Tamil:
 * Taos: nąłàcit’ə́otuna
 * Thai: (săaifáa)
 * Turkish: gök gürültüsü
 * Tutelo:
 * Volapük: töt
 * Welsh: daranau
 * West Frisian: tonger


 * Armenian:
 * Czech: zahřmění, hromová rána , hřmění
 * Finnish:, jyrähtely
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese:


 * Polish:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian: grmnjevit, grmnjevito, zagrmeti
 * Slovene: grmenje
 * Swedish: åskmuller,, åskdån,


 * Czech: hřmění, dunění
 * Dutch: gerommel
 * Finnish:, ,
 * German:
 * Hungarian: robaj
 * Japanese:
 * Kott:


 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Slovene: grmenje
 * Spanish: estruendo
 * Swedish: mullrande,

Verb

 * Breton: ober kurun, taranal / taraniñ
 * Czech: hřmít
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: tondri
 * Finnish:, jyrähdellä, jyrähtää,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: רעם
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 雷が鳴る (かみなりがなる, kaminarí ga narú);  轟音を立てる


 * Latin:
 * Polish: grzmieć, zagrzmieć
 * Portuguese: trovoar, trovejar
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: греметь (gr'em'ét’), грохотать (groχotát’)
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: tronar
 * Swedish: dundra, dåna
 * Thai: (săaifáa fâat)
 * West Frisian: daverje


 * Breton: taranal, taraniñ
 * Czech: hřmít, hromovat
 * Dutch: overdonderen
 * Finnish:, pauhata


 * French:
 * Japanese: 怒鳴る
 * Polish: gromić
 * Portuguese: trovejar


 * Finnish: jyristä


 * Japanese: 怒鳴る