other words for wind

ˈwɪndi, ˈwaɪndi) Abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes. Synonyms. blowy breezy stormy. Antonyms. calm taciturn interesting practical.

• air.
• blast.
• breeze.
• cyclone.
• gale.
• gust.
• blow.
• whisk.

Wind is the flow of gases. On Earth, wind is mostly the movement of air. In outer space, solar wind is the movement of gases or particles from the sun through space. The strongest winds seen on a planet in our solar system are on Neptune and Saturn. Short bursts of fast winds are called gusts.

A wind is a current of air that is moving across the earth’s surface. There was a strong wind blowing. Then the wind dropped and the surface of the sea was still. The leaves rustled in the wind.

Wind and wind are two words that are spelled identically but are pronounced differently and have different meanings, which makes them heteronyms.

(Entry 1 of 6) 1a : a natural movement of air of any velocity especially : the earth’s air or the gas surrounding a planet in natural motion horizontally. b : an artificially produced movement of air.

1. After sunset the wind had dropped.
2. A gust of wind flung snow into her face.
3. All the while the wind was rising.
4. In the forest it was almost hot, no wind could be felt.
5. Wind tossed her hair, and she tied it up in a bun.
6. The wind in the upper atmosphere has extraordinary amounts of energy.

Homographs are words that have the same spelling but different meanings. Sometimes homographs have different pronunciations from one another. The word wind is a homograph. A brisk wind blew, so I buttoned my coat.

Blustery means the wind blowing strongly. gust and blast means a sudden strong wind.

(2) : marked by strong wind or by more wind than usual a windy day. b : violent, stormy.

Words used to describe windy weather – thesaurus

• windy. adjective. with a lot of wind.
• stormy. adjective. with a lot of rain and strong winds.
• breezy. adjective. with a lot of light wind.
• blustery. adjective. with strong winds.
• brisk. adjective.
• wild. adjective.
• unsettled. adjective.
• fresh. adjective.

What is another word for strong wind?

So when the wind is blowing your hair, we can likewise say that your hair is blowing. It’s active in form but passive in meaning. If you want to be fancy, you can always use waving or fluttering or other synonyms to that.

A squall is a sudden, sharp increase in wind speed lasting minutes, contrary to a wind gust lasting seconds. They are usually associated with active weather, such as rain showers, thunderstorms, or heavy snow.

An example of a personification of wind is: The wind leaped through the open window and scattered across the tile floor. In the passage below, (whose extreme height and charismatic character burst the bonds of this answer box), wind is personified as a howling, cheeky identity capable of pushing water onto the shore.

howling noun [U] (WIND) the sound of a wind blowing hard and making a lot of noise: No sound remained but the howling of the wind.