Thunder

Definition: Thunder

Thunder

Noun

1. A deep prolonged loud noise.

2. A booming or crashing noise caused by air expanding along the path of a bolt of lightning.

Verb

1. Move fast, noisily, and heavily; "The bus thundered down the road".

2. Utter words loudly and forcefully; "`Get out of here,' he roared.".

3. Be the case that thunder is being heard; "Whenever it thunders, my dog crawls under the bed.".

4. To make or produce a loud noise; "The river thundered below"; "The engine roared as the driver pushed the car to full throttle.".

Date "thunder" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Domain	Definition
Bible	Thunder often referred to in Scripture (Job 40:9; Ps. 77:18; 104:7). James and John were called by our Lord "sons of thunder" (Mark 3:17). In Job 39:19, instead of "thunder," as in the Authorized Version, the Revised Version translates (ra'amah) by "quivering main" (marg., "shaking"). Thunder accompanied the giving of the law at Sinai (Ex. 19:16). It was regarded as the voice of God (Job 37:2; Ps. 18:13; 81:7; comp. John 12:29). In answer to Samuel's prayer (1 Sam. 12:17, 18), God sent thunder, and "all the people greatly feared," for at such a season (the wheat-harvest) thunder and rain were almost unknown in Palestine. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.
Dream Interpretation	To dream of hearing thunder, foretells you will soon be threatened with reverses in your business. To be in a thunder shower, denotes trouble and grief are close to you. To hear the terrific peals of thunder, which make the earth quake, portends great loss and disappointment. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....
Geography	Sharp or rumbling sound which accompanies lightning. Source: European Union. (references)
Science	The sound that results from lightning. Lightning bolts (static electricity) produce intense heat. This burst of heat makes the air around the bolt expand explosively, producing the sound we hear as thunder. Since light travels faster than sound, we see the lightning before we hear the thunder. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Thunder

Synonyms: roaring (n), boom (v), roar (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Disapprobation	Execrate; exprobate, speak daggers, vituperate; abuse, abuse like a pickpocket; scold, rate, objurgate, upbraid, fall foul of; jaw; rail, rail at, rail in good set terms; bark at; anathematize, call names; call by hard names, call by ugly names; avile, revile; vilify, vilipend; bespatter; backbite; clapperclaw; rave against, thunder against, fulminate against; load with reproaches.
Discontent	Verb: be discontented; Adjective: quarrel with one's bread and butter; repine; regret; wish one at the bottom of the Red Sea; take on, take to heart; shrug the shoulders; make a wry face, pull a long face; knit one's brows; look blue, look black, look black as thunder, look blank, look glum.
Inexpectation	Be unexpected; Adjective: come unawares; adVerb: turn up, pop, drop from the clouds; come upon one, burst upon one, flash upon one, bounce upon one, steal upon one, creep upon one; come like a thunder clap, burst like a thunderclap, thunder bolt; take by surprise, catch by surprise, catch unawares, catch napping; yach.
Malediction	Execrate, beshrew, scold; anathematize; (censure); bold up to execration, denounce, proscribe, excommunicate, fulminate, thunder against; threaten.
Prodigy	Bursting of a shell, bursting of a bomb; volcanic eruption, peal of thunder; thunder-clap, thunder-bolt.
Publication	Proclaim, herald, blazon; blaze abroad, noise abroad; sound a trumpet; trumpet forth, thunder forth; give tongue; announce with beat of drum, announce with flourish of trumpets; proclaim from the housetops, proclaim at Charing Cross.
Resentment	Pout, knit the brow, frown, scowl, lower, snarl, growl, gnarl, gnash, snap; redden, color; look black, look black as thunder, look daggers; bite one's thumb; show one's teeth, grind one's teeth; champ the bit, champ at the bit.
Threat	Defy; intimidate; keep in terrorem, hold up in terrorem, hold out in terrorem; shake the fist at, double the fist at, clinch the fist at; thunder, talk big, fulminate, use big words, bluster, look daggers, stare daggers.
Violence	Break out, fly out, burst out; bounce, explode, go off, displode, fly, detonate, thunder, blow up, crump, flash, flare, burst; shock, strain; break open, force open, prize open.
Wonder	Adjective: surprised; Verb: aghast, all agog, breathless, agape; open-mouthed; awestruck, thunderstruck, moonstruck, planet-struck; spellbound; lost in amazement, lost in wonder, lost in astonishment; struck all of a heap, unable to believe one's senses, like a duck ion thunder.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Deep thunder rolled about their shores burning with the fires of Orc. (Blade Runner; writing credit: Philip K. Dick; Hampton Fancher) Look who's talking thunder thighs (The Oblongs...; writing credit: Ana Katz) Thunder, Thunder, Thunder, Thundercats Ho. (Thundercats; writing credit: Annabelle Gurwitch; Heather M. Winters) Don't be fooled it isn't thunder, staying put would be a blunder (Jumanji; writing credit: Greg Taylor) So what difference does it make, whether it's 20 minutes or 20 years, since neither amounts to the faintest echo of the tiniest whisper in the thunder of time (The Outer Limits; writing credit: Harlan Ellison)
Lyrics	And we waited on the thunder (Night Moves; performing artist: BOB SEGER; writing credit: Bob Seger) Through descending snow, and through the frost and thunder (On The Road To Find Out; performing artist: Cat Stevens) I yelled back when I heard thunder (One Last Breath; performing artist: Creed) Thunder magic spoke, (RUN THROUGH THE JUNGLE; performing artist: Creedence Clearwater Revival) I hear heart's beating, loud as thunder (China Girl; performing artist: David Bowie)
Clever	Thunder is impressive, but it is lightning that does the work. (references; author: Mark Twain)
Tongue Twisters	Thor is the god of Thunder. (references; author: unknown)
Movie/TV Titles	Alien Thunder (1974) Thunder County (1974) Silent Thunder (1973) A Distant Thunder (1970) Track of Thunder (1968)
Song Titles	THUNDER ISLAND (performing artist: JAY FERGUSON)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Ambuscade Bd. With Thunder on the Buckhorn (reference) Poetics of the Elements in the Human Condition: Part 2: The Airy Elements in Poetic Imagination: Breath, Breeze, Wind, Tempest, Thunder, Snow, Fla (reference) Thunder Below!: The Uss Barb Revolutionizes Submarine Warfare in World War II (reference) Brontosaurus: The Thunder Lizard (reference) Thunder Rides a Black Horse: Mescalero Apaches and the Mythic Present (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Jemez Thunder (reference) Papers And Records - Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society (reference) Thunder (reference) Thunder And Honey (reference) Thunder Bay Business (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Days of Thunder (reference) Thunder Road (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Steel Capped Thunder (reference) Delicate Sound of Thunder [LIVE] (reference) Crimson Thunder (reference) Under Thunder And Fluorescent Light (reference) Thunder Island (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	NASCAR Thunder 2003 (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods	Fantom HEPA Filter for Fantom Thunder (reference) (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Mineral Thunder Egg. Credit: USDA.		It was the Thunder Bird. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Ta-ai-ia-lo-ne, or Thunder Mountain. Credit: Library of Congress.		First wedding in Thunder Mountain. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Chief Thunder Cloud strolling with son, Everlasting Cloud outside Chicago's Art Institute. Credit: Library of Congress.		Richmond, Va. Castle Thunder, Cary Street. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Surf at Thunder Hole, Mt. Desert Island, Me. Credit: Library of Congress.		Thunder Bolt Bat[ter]y from Rear. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Indian chiefs and U.S. officials. 1. Two Strike. 2. Crow Dog. 3. Short Bull. 4. High Hawk. 5. Two Lance. 6. Kicking Bear. 7. Good Voice. 8. Thunder Hawk. 9. Rocky Bear. 10. Young Man Afraid of His Horse. 11. American Horse. 12. W.F. Cody (Buf. Credit: Library of Congress.		The sea, near Thunder Hole, Mt. Desert Island, Maine. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Play	Caption
	Thunder of a storm.
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Author	Quotation
Charles Rollins	The highest and most lofty trees have the most reason to dread the thunder.
Frederick Douglass	Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want rain without thunder and lightning.
Herman Melville	He says NO! in thunder; but the Devil himself cannot make him say yes.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
A Christmas Carol	Dickens, Charles	The sound resounded through the house like thunder.
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	Napoleon was one of those geniuses who rule the thunder.
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man	Joyce, James	Give Cecil Thunder a belt
King Richard III	Shakespeare, William	Thy voice is thunder, but thy looks are humble
Grapes of Wrath	Steinbeck, John	The tractor cut a straight line on, and the air and the ground vibrated with its thunder.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		These include the Thunder 2000 multiple rocket launcher system (MRLS); the Hsiung-feng II all-weather anti-ship missiles; the Sky Bow II SAMs, long range multiple-target combat interdiction; Sky Sword II AAMs, which has a beyond-visual range and is capable of fire-and-forget; the vehicle-launched Sword I SAMs; artillery fire control systems, naval sonar systems, and electronic warfare systems. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	INFALAPSARIAN, n. One who ventures to believe that Adam need not have sinned unless he had a mind to -- in opposition to the Supralapsarians, who hold that that luckless person's fall was decreed from the beginning. Infralapsarians are sometimes called Sublapsarians without material effect upon the importance and lucidity of their views about Adam. Two theologues once, as they wended their way To chapel, engaged in colloquial fray -- An earnest logomachy, bitter as gall, Concerning poor Adam and what made him fall. "'Twas Predestination," cried one -- "for the Lord Decreed he should fall of his own accord." "Not so -- 'twas Free will," the other maintained, "Which led him to choose what the Lord had ordained." So fierce and so fiery grew the debate That nothing but bloodshed their dudgeon could sate; So off flew their cassocks and caps to the ground And, moved by the spirit, their hands went round. Ere either had proved his theology right By winning, or even beginning, the fight, A gray old professor of Latin came by, A staff in his hand and a scowl in his eye, And learning the cause of their quarrel (for still As they clumsily sparred they disputed with skill Of foreordination freedom of will) Cried: "Sirrahs! this reasonless warfare compose: Atwixt ye's no difference worthy of blows. The sects ye belong to -- I'm ready to swear Ye wrongly interpret the names that they bear. You -- Infralapsarian son of a clown! -- Should only contend that Adam slipped down; While you -- you Supralapsarian pup! -- Should nothing aver but that Adam slipped up. It's all the same whether up or down You slip on a peel of banana brown. Even Adam analyzed not his blunder, But thought he had slipped on a peal of thunder! G.J.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Thunder" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 90.77% of the time. "Thunder" is used about 768 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	90.77%	697	9,565
Noun (proper)	5.46%	42	52,864
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	2.73%	21	76,261
Lexical Verb (base form)	1.04%	8	124,375
Total	100.00%	768	N/A

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "thunder".
Name	Gender	Language	Meaning
Thunor	Male	Anglo-Saxon Mythology	The thunder
Barak	N/A	Biblical	Thunder
Boanerges	N/A	Biblical	Son of thunder
Raamah	N/A	Biblical	Thunder
Raamiah	N/A	Biblical	Thunder
Thorbjörn	Male	Danish	The thunder
Tordis	Male	Danish	The thunder
Torgeir	Male	Danish	The thunder
Torsten	Male	Danish	The thunder
Tue	Male	Danish	The thunder
Thurstan	Male	English	The thunder
Thora	Male	German	The thunder
Donar	Male	Germanic Mythology	The thunder
&Thorn;ór	Male	Icelandic	The thunder
&Thorn;órir	Male	Icelandic	The thunder
&Thorn;órr	Male	Norse Mythology	The thunder
Thor	Male	Norse Mythology	The thunder
Tordis	Male	Norwegian	The thunder
Torgeir	Male	Norwegian	The thunder
Torhild	Male	Norwegian	The thunder
Tormod	Male	Norwegian	The thunder
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "thunder": blood and thunder ♦ clap of thunder ♦ crash of thunder ♦ Good Thunder ♦ like a duck ion thunder ♦ like thunder ♦ look as black as thunder ♦ look black as thunder ♦ peal of thunder ♦ peals of thunder ♦ steal smb.'s thunder ♦ struck by thunder ♦ thunder against ♦ thunder against smb. ♦ thunder and lighting ♦ thunder and lightning ♦ thunder Bay ♦ thunder bolt ♦ thunder flash ♦ thunder forth ♦ thunder lizard ♦ thunder mug ♦ thunder of applause ♦ thunder out ♦ thunder peal ♦ Thunder pumper ♦ Thunder rod ♦ thunder shake ♦ thunder sheet ♦ thunder snake ♦ thunder storm ♦ Thunder tube. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "thunder": thunder-and-fire, thunder-boy, thunder-clap, thunder-cloud, thunder-clouds, thunder-flashes, thunder-god, thunder-plump, thunder-rod, thunder-shower, thunder-storm, thunder-storms, thunder-stroke, thunder-struck.
	Ending with "thunder": blood-and-thunder, engine-thunder, fire-and-thunder.
	Containing "thunder": blood-and-thunder novel, blood-and-thunder story.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "thunder"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		gjëmoj (brattle, drum, grumble, pound, resound, roar, rumble, sing, whang), gjëmim (blare, boom, clap, grumble, peal, roar, roaring, rumble, whang), bubullon, bubullimë (thunderbolt, thunderclap, thunderpeal, thunderstroke). (various references)

Arabic		‏هدير (boom, brawler, plash, ripple, roar), ‏هدر (boom, brawl, growl, plash, roar, squandering, thud, waste, yell), ‏لفظ متوعدا, ‏ترعد السماء, ‏عاصفة (blow, foul wind, gale, ground swell, gust, storm, tempest, weather), ‏ضجيج (crash, din, discord, fuss, horseplay, hubbub, hurly burly, noise, noisiness, racket, riptide), ‏صوت الرعد (roll, rumble), ‏أرعد, ‏رعد, ‏دوي (buzz, manual, noise, report, ringing, roar), ‏دوى (blare, boom, peal, reecho, resound, reverberate, roll, shrill). (various references)

Asturian		truena. (various references)

Aymara		qhontiri. (various references)

Bemba		icibulukutu. (various references)

Blackfoot		ksiistsikomm. (various references)

Bulgarian		гръм (bark, bolt, boom, clap, crack, peal, reverberation, shaft, thunder peal, thunderbolt, thunderclap), бумтеж (boom), бумтя (boom), буча (hum, ring, sing), бучене (hum, humming, ringing, roar, zoom), заплашвам (huff, impend, intimidate, menace, threaten), движа се бързо и шумно, говоря гръмогласно, удрям (bang against, bash, beat, biff, blast, bruise, bust, catch, douse, hammer, heel, hit, impact, jam on, knap, knock, lash, lay, peg at, plump, poke, pole-ax, pound, ram, set, shoot, slam, slam on, smash, smite, strike, strike in, wallop, zap), гръмотевица, гърмеж (bang), гърмя (bang, bellow, boom, fulminate, peal, pop off, roll, speak), трещя (rattle), трясък (bang, chunking, clash, crash, din, hurtle, peal, rattle, slam, smash), сипя огън и жупел, мълния (bolt, flash, lightning, shaft, thunderbolt). (various references)

Cebuano		dalugdog. (various references)

Chamorro		hulu. (various references)

Chinese		雷 . (various references)

Cornish		taran. (various references)

Czech		hrom, hřmít, hřmìt, hřmìní, dunìt (boom, boom out, clang, roll, rumble, throb), dunìní (rumble), burácet (bluster, boom, rage, roll, rumble), burácení (rage, rumble, sound). (various references)

Danish		torden, tordne. (various references)

Dutch		donderen, donder, daveren (howl, roar), bulderen (howl, roar, yell). (various references)

Ecuadorian Quechua		tulun. (various references)

Esperanto		tondro, tondri. (various references)

Faeroese		tora. (various references)

Farsi		تندر, اسمان غرش کردن , اسمان غرش , رعدزدن , رعد, باصدای رعداسااداکردن . (various references)

Finnish		ukkonen. (various references)

French		tonnerre, tonner. (various references)

Frisian		tonger. (various references)

German		Donner (boom), donnern (boom, fulminate, roar, rumble, rumbling, to boom, to fulminate, to thunder). (various references)

Greek		βροντώ (bang, peal), βροντή (clap of thunder, thunderclap, thundering). (various references)

Hebrew		להרעים (boom, enrage), לרעום (fulminate, peal, rage, roar, rumble), קול (noise, sound, voice, vox), גלגול רעם, רעם. (various references)

Hungarian		mennydörgés (bellow, clap, fulmination, roar, roaring, thundering), dörgés (bellow, boom, clap, fulmination, roar, roaring, rolling, rumble, rumbling), dörgő hang. (various references)

Icelandic		þruma. (various references)

Indonesian		mengguruh, menggelagar (rumble), geledek (lightning), bergelagaran. (various references)

Inuktitut		ittuluk. (various references)

Italian		tuono, tuonare (peal). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		霹靂 (thunderclap), 雷鳴 , 雷 , 天雷 , ごみ箱 (garbage can or box, idleness, purring, rubbish bin, scatter, starchy, stiff), サンケア指数 (belt, carefree, Saint-Simonism, San Diego, sand, sandal, sandwich, sandwich man, Sankei Sports, Sanskrit, sans-souci, Santa Clara, Santa Claus, Santa Cruz, Santa Fe, Santa Maria, soundtrack, sun deck, sun protection index, sundae, sunset, sunshade, sunshine, suntan, suntan oil, Suntory, Suntory Hall, syndicalism, syndicalist, thunderbird). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		かみなり, いかずち, ごろごろ (idleness, purring, scatter), らいめい (fame, great name, renown), サンダー , へきれき (thunderclap), てんらい (beautiful poetry, divine, heaven sent, heavenly, inspired, sound of wind). (various references)

Korean		천둥. (various references)

Macedonian		grom. (various references)

Manx		taarnaghey (fulminate, thundering), taarnagh (thundering). (various references)

Maori		whatitiri. (various references)

Maya		kilim. (various references)

Norwegian		torden. (various references)

Occitan		tron, auratge (storm). (various references)

Papago		bebethki. (various references)

Papiamen		dònder, bos (voice, vote). (various references)

Pig Latin		underthay.(various references)

Portuguese		trovão (thunderclap, thunderstroke), trovejar (fulminate), ribombar (mutter, peal, roar, rumble). (various references)

Provencal		tròn. (various references)

Romanian		tuna (peal). (various references)

Romansch		tun. (various references)

Romany		sèviba. (various references)

Ruanda		orage. (various references)

Russian		грохот (bolt, clatter, crash, cribble, crush, din, grate, noise, peal, rattle, screen), гром, греметь гром, греметь (clank, clatter, fulminate, peal). (various references)

Samoan		faititili. (various references)

Scottish		torrunn, tàirneanach. (various references)

Sepedi		modumo. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		zagrmeti (roar), praskati, grom (lighting), grmljavina (roar), grmeti (roar). (various references)

Shona		kudhirima. (various references)

Spanish		trueno (clap of thunder), tronar (boom, fulminate). (various references)

Sranan		dondru. (various references)

Swazi		kú-dvuma (to thunder). (various references)

Swedish		tordön, åska (thunderstorm), dunder (boom, roll), dåna (boom, din, faint, rumble). (various references)

Tagalog		kulóg. (various references)

Thai		เสียงฟ้าร้อง, ฟ้าร้อง, ตะโกนเกรี้ยวกราด. (various references)

Turkish		tehditkâr söz, savurmak (blow about, brandish, bung, chuck, chuck away, dash, flap, fling, hurl, hurtle, rip out, scatter, swing, throw out), gürlemek (boom, din, growl, grumble, peal, roar, rumble, rumble out), gümbürdemek (boom, clash, grumble, rumble, thump), gök gürültüsü (clap of thunder). (various references)

Turkmen		taссyrdamak (peal, rattle), gьrrьldemek (roar), gьmmьrdemek (roar), gьbьrdemek (roar). (various references)

Ukrainian		стукати (beat, chatter, clatter, dab, knock, rap, thrash, thresh, wap), гуркіт (alarm, brattle, clatter, crash, detonation, din, drumming, growl, noise, peal, racquet, roar, thunder-clap, wallop), грім (detonation), гроза (tempest, thunder storm), гриміти (bang, brattle, clatter, fulminate, grumble, peal), голосно говорити. (various references)

Vietnamese		sấm, sét tiếng ầm vang như sấm sự chỉ trích, sự đe doạ (denouncement, denunciation, intimidation, threatening). (various references)

Welsh		twrf (bang, noise), taranu, taran (rather, somewhat). (various references)

Yucatec		u peek chaak, huum chaak. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	intonuit, sulphur, sulphure, sulphuris, tonabit, tonet, tonitru, tonitrua, tonitrui, tonitruum. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Mark Chapter 3, Verse 17
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Kai iakwbon ton tou zebedaiou kai iwannhn ton adelfon tou iakwbou kai epeqhken autoiV onomata boanergeV o estin uioi bronthV
Latin	405	Vulgate	Et Iacobum Zebedaei et Iohannem fratrem Iacobi et inposuit eis nomina Boanerges quod est Filii tonitrui
Old English	990	West Saxon	& jacobum zebedej. & iohannem hisbroder & him naman on-sette boaneries þt isþunres bearn.
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	The brother of James, and he yaf to hem names Boenarges, that is, sones of thundryng.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	And he called Iames the sonne of zebede and Iohn Iames brother and gave them Bonarges to name which is to saye the sonnes of thounder.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder:
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James, (and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, Sons of thunder,)
Basic English	1964	Ogden	And to James, the son of Zebedee, and John, the brother of James, he gave the second name of Boanerges, which is, Sons of thunder:
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Mark Chapter 3, Verse 17
Cebuano	si Santiago nga anak ni Zebedeo ug si Juan nga igsoon ni Santiago nga iyang gipang-anggaan ug Boanerges, nga sa ato pa, mga tawo nga morag dalogdog;
Chinese	還有西庇太的兒子雅各、和雅各的兄弟約翰．又給這個兩人起名叫半尼其、就是雷子的意思．
Croatian	i Jakova Zebedejeva i Ivana, brata Jakovljeva, kojima nadjenu ime Boanerges, to jest Sinovi groma,
Danish	fremdeles Jakob, Zebedæus's Søn, og Johannes, Jakobs Broder, og han tillagde dem Navnet Boanerges, det er Tordensønner;
Dutch	En Jakobus, den zoon van Zebedeus, en Johannes, den broeder van Jakobus; en gaf hun toe namen, Boanerges, hetwelk is, zonen des donders;
Finnish	ja Jaakobin, Sebedeuksen pojan, ja Johanneksen, Jaakobin veljen, joille hän antoi nimen Boanerges, se on: ukkosenjylinän pojat,
French	Jacques, fils de Zébédée, et Jean, frère de Jacques, auxquels il donna le nom de Boanergès, qui signifie fils du tonnerre;
Gaelic	Agus Seumas Shebede, agus Eoin, brathair Sheumais, is thug e Boanerges mar ainm orra, se sin, mic an tairneanaich:
German	und Jakobus, den Sohn des Zebedäus, und Johannes, den Bruder des Jakobus, und gab ihnen den Namen Bnehargem, das ist gesagt: Donnerskinder;
Haitian Creole	de pitit Zebede yo: Jak ak Jan, frè l' la. Jezi te ba yo yon ti non Boanèj, ki vle di Pitit loraj.
Hungarian	És Jakabot a Zebedeus fiát és Jánost a Jakab testvérét; és Boanerges nevet ada nékik, a mely azt teszi: mennydörgés fiai;
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	dan Yakub anak Zabdi, dan Yahya saudara Yakub; keduanya itu digelar-Nya Buanergis, artinya, anak-anak guruh.
Italian	poi Giacomo di Zebedèo e Giovanni fratello di Giacomo, ai quali diede il nome di Boanèrghes, cioè figli del tuono;
Maori	Ko Hemi, tama a Heperi, raua ko Hoani, teina o Hemi; a huaina iho raua ko Poaneki, ara ko nga Tama a te whatitiri;
Norwegian	og Jakob, Sebedeus' sønn, og Johannes, Jakobs bror, og han gav dem navnet Boanerges, det er tordensønner,
Portuguese	Tiago, filho de Zebedeu, e João, irmão de Tiago, aos quais pôs o nome de Boanerges, que significa: Filhos do trovão;
Rumanian	Iacov, fiul lui Zebedei, wi Ioan, fratele lui Iacov, cqrora le -a pus numele Boanerghes, care, tklmqcit, knseamnq: ,,Fiii tunetului;``
Shuar	Sepetéu uchiri Jakupu, ni patai Juánsha; ipiamtajai métek kakaram ásarmatai nuna mai "Puanérjis" naari susamiayi. Nusha shuar chichamjainkia "ipiamta nuke" tawai.
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "thunder": thunderbird, thunderbirds, thunderbolt, thunderbolts, thunderclap, thunderclaps, thundercloud, thunderclouds, thundered, thunderer, thunderers, thunderhead, thunderheads, thundering, thunderingly, thunderous, thunderously, thunders, thundershower, thundershowers, thunderstone, thunderstones, thunderstorm, thunderstorms, thunderstricken, thunderstrike, thunderstrikes, thunderstriking, thunderstroke, thunderstrokes, thunderstruck, thundery. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Thunder" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Chunder, hunder, Thandar, thaner, thundar, thune, tounder, Tournadre, tunder. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "thunder" (pronounced thu"nder)
4	-u" n d er	asunder, blunder, plunder, sunder, under, wonder.
3	-n d er	Ender, engender, Alexander, attainder, auslander, Bander, bartender, bender, binder, blander, blender, blinder, blonder, bookbinder, bounder, brander, bystander, calamander, calendar, candor, cinder, cofounder, commander, Condor, contender, coriander, cylinder, defender, extender, Fender, finder, flounder, fonder, founder, gander, gender, gerrymander, grander, grinder, highlander, hinder, islander, kinder, Lander, launder, lavender, lender, mainlander, meander, minder, offender, oleander, pander, pathfinder, Pinder, ponder, pounder, pretender, rejoinder, remainder, reminder, render, responder, rounder, salamander, sander, sender, Sidewinder, slander, slender, sounder, Spender, splendor, squander, Stander, surrender, suspender, tender, tinder, transponder, vendor, viewfinder, wander, weekender, winder, yonder, Zander.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-e-h-n-r-t-u"
	-1 letter: hunted, hunter, turned.
	-2 letters: nuder, trend, trued, tuned, tuner, under.
	-3 letters: dent, duet, dune, dunt, dure, durn, hent, herd, hern, hued, hunt, hurt, nerd, nude, nurd, rend, rent, rude, rued, rune, runt, ruth, tend, tern, then, thru, thud, true, tune, turd, turn, unde.
	-4 letters: den, due, duh, dun, edh, end, ern, eth, hen, her.
	Words containing the letters "d-e-h-n-r-t-u"
	+1 letter: thunders, thundery, unthread.
	+2 letters: burthened, chuntered, hundredth, thundered, thunderer, uncharted, undershot, unearthed, unthreads, unthroned.
	+3 letters: earthbound, headhunter, hundredths, overhunted, subtrahend, thereunder, thunderers, thundering, thunderous, underneath, undershirt, undershoot, unfathered, untethered, unthreaded, unwreathed.
	+4 letters: antheridium, draughtsmen, dreadnought, groundsheet, headhunters, hindquarter, subtrahends, thunderbird, thunderbolt, thunderclap, thunderhead, truncheoned, unchartered, underbought, undergrowth, undershirts, undershoots, undershorts, underthrust, underweight, unharvested, unretouched, untarnished, unthreading, unweathered.
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Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
casino thunder valley	2,118	thunder and lightning	120
ion thunder	1,078	american thunder	120
thunder bay	667	city of thunder bay	110
thunder	641	ranch thunder	100
thunder bay canada	540	thunder bay hotel	97
trenton thunder	481	blue thunder	96
thunder valley	443	hydro thunder	96
country thunder	286	day of thunder	94
rolling thunder	233	sound of thunder	93
thunder cat	204	casino indian thunder valley	90
in thunder valley	203	johnny thunder	89
thunder bay ontario	191	thunder mountain	83
thunder storm	186	casino thunder	80
dino power ranger thunder	182	thunder stick	80
bay chronicle journal thunder	180	thunder island	80
thunder tiger	180	roll of thunder	74
ion thunder.com	155	thunder bird	70
roll of thunder hear my cry	151	ghost recon island thunder	69
thunder from down under	149	thunder alley	65
thunder road	131	minnesota thunder	64
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.


"Thunder" by Zoltan Szalay Commentary: "A tank wagon full of thunder."	"Tole Rainbow" by Tim Avis Commentary: "A rainbow after a thunder storm in Tole."
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

Thunder

Definition: Thunder

Thunder

Noun

Verb

Specialty Definition: Thunder

Specialty Definition: Thunder

Synonyms: Thunder

Synonyms within Context: Thunder

Disapprobation

Discontent

Inexpectation

Malediction

Prodigy

Publication

Resentment

Threat

Violence

Wonder

Crosswords: Thunder

Modern Usage: Thunder

Screenplays

Lyrics

Clever

Tongue Twisters

Movie/TV Titles

Song Titles

Commercial Usage: Thunder

Books

Periodicals

Theater & Movies

Music

High Tech

Consumer Goods

Image Slideshow: Thunder

Photos:Thunder

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Photo Album: Thunder

Digital Photo Gallery: Thunder

Sounds Captioned with "Thunder".

Familiar Quotations: Thunder

Charles Rollins

Frederick Douglass

Herman Melville

Use in Literature: Thunder

A Christmas Carol

Dickens, Charles

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

King Richard III

Shakespeare, William

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Non-Fiction Usage: Thunder

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

Usage Frequency: Thunder

Derived & Related Names: Thunder

Expressions: Thunder

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Thunder

Modern Translation: Thunder

Albanian

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Asturian

Aymara

Bemba

Blackfoot

Bulgarian

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Chamorro

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Czech

Danish

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Ecuadorian Quechua

Esperanto

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