'tsunami' definitions:
Definition of 'tsunami'
(from WordNet)
noun
A cataclysm resulting from a destructive sea wave caused by an earthquake or volcanic eruption; "a colossal tsunami destroyed the Minoan civilization in minutes"
Definition of 'tsunami'
From: GCIDE
- Tidal wave \Tid"al wave\, n.
- 1. an unusually high wave from the sea, sometimes reaching far inland and causing great destruction, and usually caused by some event, such as an earthquake, far from the shore. In Japan, such a wave is called a tsunami. [PJC]
- 2. [fig.] an unusually large quantity of items or events requiring attention and causing strain on the capacity to handle them; as, a tidal wave of orders for a new product; a tidal wave of tourists. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'tsunami'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- apoplexy,
- billow,
- bore,
- breakers,
- breakup,
- cataclysm,
- chop,
- choppiness,
- chopping sea,
- climax,
- comb,
- comber,
- convulsion,
- diastrophism,
- dirty water,
- disaster,
- eagre,
- fit,
- gravity wave,
- ground swell,
- heave,
- heavy sea,
- heavy swell,
- lift,
- lop,
- overthrow,
- paroxysm,
- peak,
- popple,
- quake,
- riffle,
- ripple,
- rise,
- roll,
- roller,
- rough water,
- scend,
- sea,
- send,
- spasm,
- stroke,
- surf,
- surge,
- swell,
- temblor,
- tidal bore,
- tidal wave,
- tide wave,
- trough,
- undulation,
- upheaval,
- water wave,
- wave,
- wavelet,
- white horses,
- whitecaps