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Definitions

thundering

[thuhn-der-ing] / ˈθʌn dər ɪŋ /

ADJECTIVE

big

Synonyms

STRONGEST

colossal considerable enormous fat full gigantic hefty huge immense massive sizable substantial tremendous vast

WEAK

a whale of a ample awash brimming bulky burly capacious chock-full commodious copious crowded extensive heavy-duty heavyweight hulking humongous husky jumbo mammoth mondo monster oversize packed ponderous prodigious roomy spacious strapping stuffed supercolossal voluminous walloping whopper whopping

Antonyms

STRONGEST

impoverished inconsiderable insignificant little miniature minute poor slight small teeny thin tiny unimportant

WEAK

adolescent baby babyish blah bland dull humble infant infantile itsy juvenile selfish shy unconfident ungenerous ungiving

ADJECTIVE

high-sounding

Synonyms

WEAK

aureate bombastic booming declamatory flowery full-voiced fustian grandiloquent high-flown loud loud-voiced magniloquent orotund overblown powerful resounding reverberating rhetorical rich ringing rotund swollen

ADJECTIVE

large-scale

Synonyms

STRONGEST

extensive huge large massive sizable substantial

WEAK

a whale of a ample awash brimming bulky bull burly capacious chock-full colossal commodious considerable copious crowded enormous fat full gigantic good great healthy heavy-duty heavyweight hefty hulking humongous husky immense jumbo mammoth mondo monster oversize packed ponderous prodigious roomy spacious strapping stuffed supercolossal tremendous vast voluminous walloping whopper whopping

Antonyms

STRONGEST

little miniature short small tiny

ADJECTIVE

loud

Synonyms

STRONGEST

big boisterous deafening emphatic heavy intense lusty powerful rambunctious raucous resounding ringing roaring rowdy strident strong vehement vociferous

STRONG

forte

WEAK

blatant blustering booming cacophonous clamorous crashing deep ear-piercing ear-splitting full full-mouthed fulminating high-sounding loud-voiced obstreperous pealing piercing resonant sonorous stentorian tumultuous turbulent turned up uproarious wakes the dead

Antonyms

STRONGEST

calm dull indistinct insignificant little low mild moderate quiet restrained shy silent small soft unhealthy unimportant weak

WEAK

inaudible inoffensive subdued tasteful

ADJECTIVE

plangent

Synonyms

WEAK

beating booming clangorous consonant deep deep-toned earsplitting echoing electrifying enhanced full heightened intensified loud mellow noisy orotund powerful profound pulsating pulsing resounding reverberant reverberating rich ringing roaring rotund round sonorant sonorous stentorian strident thrilling throbbing thunderous vibrant

ADJECTIVE

resonant

Synonyms

STRONGEST

mellow profound rich ringing sonorous thrilling

WEAK

beating booming clangorous consonant deep deep-toned earsplitting echoing electrifying enhanced full heightened intensified loud noisy orotund plangent powerful pulsating pulsing resounding reverberant reverberating roaring round sonorant stentorian strident throbbing thunderous

Antonyms

WEAK

faint quiet

ADJECTIVE

resounding

Synonyms

STRONGEST

earsplitting electrifying emphatic forceful loud ringing roaring thrilling thunderous

STRONG

beating booming echoing enhanced full heightened intensified mellow pulsating pulsing reverberating round throbbing

WEAK

clangorous consonant deep deep-toned noisy orotund plangent powerful profound reverberant rich rotund sonorant sonorous stentorian strident vibrant

Antonyms

STRONG

incomplete

ADJECTIVE

ringing

Synonyms

STRONGEST

booming earsplitting echoing loud resounding roaring sonorous strident throbbing thunderous

STRONG

beating consonant deep electrifying enhanced full heightened intensified mellow pulsating pulsing reverberating rich round thrilling

WEAK

clangorous deep-toned noisy orotund plangent powerful profound reverberant rotund sonorant stentorian vibrant

Antonyms

STRONGEST

low soft

STRONG

incomplete needy weak

ADJECTIVE

roaring

Synonyms

STRONGEST

boisterous booming clamorous crashing deafening earsplitting raucous resounding ringing rowdy tumultuous turbulent

STRONG

blaring blustering deep forte full fulminating heavy pealing piercing

WEAK

big blatant cacophonous ear-piercing ear-splitting emphatic full-mouthed high-sounding intense loud-voiced lusty obstreperous powerful rambunctious resonant sonorous stentorian strident strong turned up uproarious vehement vociferous wakes the dead

Antonyms

STRONGEST

calm moderate quiet restrained

STRONG

light soft trivial

ADJECTIVE

sonorous

Synonyms

STRONGEST

booming ringing

WEAK

full-voiced loud loud-voiced powerful resounding reverberating rich rotund

ADJECTIVE

thunderous

Synonyms

STRONGEST

deafening loud roaring

WEAK

crashing thundery

Example Sentences

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Ride, its follow-up, is a darker dose of disco, punctuated with cracking whips and the thundering footfall of wild horses.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

“It was raining straight down, it was thundering and it was 27 degrees,” he said, recalling watching the storm early Sunday morning.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

This city may be small, but in 1926 it became immortal, the place where a fiesta, thundering hooves, and a novel collided to shape modern legend.

From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025

Richael Keller has always been sensitive to loud commercials, but when thundering streaming-service ads disturbed her sleeping newborn, her reaction was heated enough to blaze a path to the California state Capitol.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 23, 2025

Harry leapt backward in shock and hit the wall; his heart was still thundering as he turned to Dumbledore.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

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