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/ˈθʌn.dɚˌstɔɹm/ · noun
A storm consisting of thunder and lightning produced by a cumulonimbus, usually accompanied with heavy rain, wind, and sometimes hail; and in rarer cases sleet, freezing rain, or snow..
I have never believed, as some people do, in omens and forewarnings, for the dramatic things in my life have generally come upon me as suddenly as a tropical thunder-storm.
Use thunderstorm when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Thunderstorm means A storm consisting of thunder and lightning produced by a cumulonimbus, usually accompanied with heavy rain, wind, and sometimes hail; and in rarer cases sleet, freezing rain, or snow..
Common synonyms include thunder and lightning, t-storm, lightning storm, electrical storm.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
I have never believed, as some people do, in omens and forewarnings, for the dramatic things in my life have generally come upon me as suddenly as a tropical thunder-storm.
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