All earthquake synonyms
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E e noun earthquake
- upheaval — strong or violent change or disturbance, as in a society: the upheaval of war.
- shock — a thick, bushy mass, as of hair.
- temblor — a tremor; earthquake.
- undulation — an act of undulating; a wavelike motion.
- seism — an earthquake.
- slip — to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
- fault — a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing: a fault in the brakes; a fault in one's character.
- quake — (of persons) to shake or tremble from cold, weakness, fear, anger, or the like: He spoke boldly even though his legs were quaking.
- shake — to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.
- convulsion — If someone has convulsions, they suffer uncontrollable movements of their muscles.
- movement — the act, process, or result of moving.
- microseism — a feeble, recurrent vibration of the ground recorded by seismographs and believed to be due to an earthquake or a storm at sea.
- trembler — a person or thing that trembles.
- quaker — a popular name for a member of the Religious Society of Friends.
- tremor — involuntary shaking of the body or limbs, as from disease, fear, weakness, or excitement; a fit of trembling.
- trembling — to shake involuntarily with quick, short movements, as from fear, excitement, weakness, or cold; quake; quiver.
- shaking — an act or instance of shaking, rocking, swaying, etc.
- seismism — the natural activity or group of phenomena associated with earthquakes.