Shobdo Logo
OETearthquake

earthquake

Flag: gbEnglishOxford English Thesaurus

earthquake
noun
many homes were destroyed in the earthquake:
earth tremor, tremor, convulsion, shock, foreshock, aftershock;
informal quake, shake, trembler;
technical microseism.
word linksearthquake
seismic relating to earthquakes
seismology study of earthquakes
seismograph instrument that measures earthquakes
earthquake Oxford Dictionary of English