Thesaurus:wind

Thesaurus

wind

English

Noun

Sense: natural movement of atmospheric air

Synonyms

• wind

Hyponyms

• gust
• breeze    [⇒ thesaurus]
• light air
• gale
• storm    [⇒ thesaurus]
• thaw wind (Scotland, Yorkshire, Cheshire)
• hurricane
•   —
• air drainage
• gravity wind
• anabatic wind
• katabatic wind
•   —
• westerly
• easterly
• souther
• norther
• easter
• wester
• northeaster
• northwester
• southeaster
• southwester
•   —
• chinook
• foehn
• ghibli
• levanter
• mistral
• sirocco
• zephyr
• simoom
• khamsin
• antitrade
• trade wind
• trades
• waft

Meronyms

• meridional wind
• zonal wind

Various

• draft
• eddy
• flatus    [⇒ thesaurus]
• breath
• updraft
• ventilation

See also

• Thesaurus:storm
• Thesaurus:hydrometeor

Further reading

• “349. wind” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “wind” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.
• Wind on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• List of local winds on Wikipedia.Wikipedia