Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "tornado" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Capable Of

blow down house form over water forming thunder cloud sound like freight train

Coordinate Terms

cumulonimbus derecho devil devil wind dust devil fire devil fire whirl hook formation landspout plow wind spout supercell thermal updraft waterspout whirl

Derived Terms

Tornado Alley firenado horse tornado nado pornado rope tornado snownado stovepipe tornado tornadic tornado brain tornado chaser tornado drill tornado fry tornado hunter tornado omelette tornado omurice tornado outbreak tornado potato tornado shelter tornado siren tornado warning tornado watch volnado wedge tornado

Context

meteorology

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

cocain cocaine cyclone whirlwind

Type Of (IsA)

cyclone dangerous thing extremely severe storm long thin object meteorological event natural disaster natural hazard powerful force of nature severe form of weather weather whirlwind

Related Terms

cyclone dust devil hurricane tournedo(s) typhoon waterspout willy willy

Related Terms

cloud cyclone dust devil enhanced fujita scale funnel funnel cloud high high winds hurricane like like hurricane spiral storm supercell tsunami twister typhoon violent waterspout weather whirl whirl wind whirl wing willy willy wind winds windstorm wing

Synonym Network

crack cyclone twister

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.