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tidal wave
Overview of noun tidal-wave
The noun tidal wave has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. tidal wave -- (an overwhelming manifestation of some emotion or phenomenon; "a tidal wave of nausea"; "the flood of letters hit him with the force of a tidal wave"; "a tidal wave of crime")
2. tidal wave -- (an unusual (and often destructive) rise of water along the seashore caused by a storm or a combination of wind and high tide)
3. tidal wave -- (a wave resulting from the periodic flow of the tides that is caused by the gravitational attraction of the moon and sun)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tidal-wave
3 senses of tidal wave
Sense 1
tidal wave
=> manifestation
=> appearance
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
tidal wave
=> wave, moving ridge
=> movement, motion
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
=> calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm
=> misfortune, bad luck
=> trouble
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
tidal wave
=> wave, moving ridge
=> movement, motion
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun tidal-wave
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tidal-wave
3 senses of tidal wave
Sense 1
tidal wave
=> manifestation
Sense 2
tidal wave
=> wave, moving ridge
=> calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm
Sense 3
tidal wave
=> wave, moving ridge
Antonyms of noun tidal-wave
Member Holonyms of noun tidal-wave
Substance Holonyms of noun tidal-wave
Part Holonyms of noun tidal-wave
Member Meronyms of noun tidal-wave
Substance Meronyms of noun tidal-wave
Part Meronyms of noun tidal-wave
Meronyms of noun tidal-wave
Holonyms of noun tidal-wave
Attributes of noun tidal-wave
Derived Forms of noun tidal-wave
Domain of noun tidal-wave
Domain Terms of noun tidal-wave
Familiarity of noun tidal-wave
tidal wave used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun tidal-wave
3 senses of tidal wave
Sense 1
tidal wave
> manifestation
HAS INSTANCE=> Second Coming, Second Coming of Christ, Second Advent, Advent, Parousia
=> epiphany
=> theophany
=> Word of God
=> tidal wave
Sense 2
tidal wave
> wave, moving ridge
=> surf, breaker, breakers
=> wake, backwash
=> swash
=> ripple, rippling, riffle, wavelet
=> swell, crestless wave
=> lift, rise
=> billow, surge
=> tidal wave
=> tidal wave
=> tsunami
=> roller, roll, rolling wave
=> whitecap, white horse
> calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm
=> act of God, force majeure, vis major, inevitable accident, unavoidable casualty
=> apocalypse
=> famine
=> kiss of death
=> meltdown
=> plague
=> visitation
=> tidal wave
=> tsunami
Sense 3
tidal wave
> wave, moving ridge
=> surf, breaker, breakers
=> wake, backwash
=> swash
=> ripple, rippling, riffle, wavelet
=> swell, crestless wave
=> lift, rise
=> billow, surge
=> tidal wave
=> tidal wave
=> tsunami
=> roller, roll, rolling wave
=> whitecap, white horse
Meronyms of noun tidal-wave
3 senses of tidal wave
Holonyms of noun tidal-wave
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