Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Wind (Air in motion)

Nouns
  • wind, draught, flatus, afflatus, efflation, eluvium
  • air
  • breath, breath of air
  • puff, whiff, zephyr
  • blow, breeze, drift
  • aura
  • stream, current, jet stream
  • undercurrent. gust, blast, squall, gale, half a gale, storm, tempest, hurricane, whirlwind, tornado, samiel, cyclone, anticyclone, typhoon
  • simoon, simoom
  • harmattan, monsoon, trade wind, sirocco, mistral, bise, tramontane, levanter
  • capful of wind
  • fresh breeze, stiff breeze
  • keen blast
  • blizzard, barber [Can.], candelia, chinook, foehn, khamsin, norther, vendaval, wuther. windiness etc. adj.
  • ventosity
  • rough weather, dirty weather, ugly weather, stress of weather
  • dirty sky, mare's tail
  • thick squall, black squall, white squall. anemography, aerodynamics
  • wind gauge, weathercock, vane, weather-vane, wind sock
  • anemometer, anemoscope. sufflation, insufflation, perflation, inflation, afflation
  • blowing, fanning etc. v.
  • ventilation. sneezing etc. v.
  • errhine
  • sternutative, sternutatory
  • sternutation
  • hiccup, hiccough
  • catching of the breath. Eolus, Boreas, Zephyr, cave of Eolus. air pump, air blower, lungs, bellows, blowpipe, fan, ventilator, punkah
  • branchiae, gills, flabellum, vertilabrum. whiffle ball.
Verbs
  • blow, waft
  • blow hard, blow great guns, blow a hurricane etc. n.
  • wuther
  • stream, issue. respire, breathe, puff
  • whiff, whiffle
  • gasp, wheeze
  • snuff, snuffle
  • sniff, sniffle
  • sneeze, cough. fan, ventilate
  • inflate, perflate
  • blow up.
Adjectives
  • blowing etc. v.
  • windy, flatulent
  • breezy, gusty, squally
  • stormy, tempestuous, blustering
  • boisterous etc. (violent) Violence. pulmonic [Med.], pulmonary.
Phrases
  • lull'd by soft zephyrs" [Pope]
  • the storm is up and all is on the hazard" [Julius Caesar]
  • the winds were wither'd in the stagnant air" [Byron]
  • while mocking winds are piping loud" [Milton]
  • winged with red lightning and tempestuous winged with red lightning and tempestuous rage" [Paradise Lost].