gale
The word “gale” has 1 syllable: gale
It's pronounced as /ɡeɪl/
What is synonym and antonym for gale?
In the thesaurus, “gale” has 42 synonyms.
Here are synonyms for gale along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for gale
- agony
- blast
- blaze
- blow
- blowup
- burst
- chinook
- cyclone
- delirium
- ebullition
- ecstasy
- eruption
- explosion
- firestorm
- fit
- flare
- flare-up
- flash
- flush
- frenzy
- furor
- grouch
- gush
- gust
- hurricane
- mistral
- monsoon
- outbreak
- outburst
- paroxysm
- rage
- rapture
- spasm
- squall
- storm
- tantrum
- tempest
- tornado
- transport
- typhoon
- wind
- windstorm
Meanings of gale
- verb
- To sing; charm; enchant.
- To cry; groan; croak.
- (of a person) To talk.
- (of a bird) To call.
- To sing; utter with musical modulations.
- To sail, or sail fast.
- noun
- A very strong wind, more than a breeze, less than a storm; number 7 through to 9 winds on the 12-step Beaufort scale.
- An outburst, especially of laughter.
- A light breeze.
- A song or story.
- A shrub, also called sweet gale or bog myrtle (Myrica gale), that grows on moors and fens.
- A periodic payment, such as is made of a rent or annuity.
Example Sentences
- The ship sailed bravely through the fierce gale.
- Leaves rustled in the trees as the strong gale swept through the forest.
- Despite the challenging weather, the mountaineers pressed on through the icy gale.
- The weather forecast warned of an approaching winter gale.
- The fishermen decided to delay their trip due to the dangerous gale conditions at sea.
On this page you'll find 42 synonyms or another words to gale, such as: agony, blast, blaze, blow, blowup, burst, chinook.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
Related Words
waft
wafting
- afloat
- air
- awash
- ballooning
- blast
- blow
- bobbing
- breath
- breeze
- buoyant
- buoying
- chinook
- cyclone
- dangling
- draft
- draught
- drifting
- floating
- floaty
- flurry
- flutter
- free
- free-floating
- gale
- gliding
- gust
- hanging
- hollow
- hot air
- hovering
- inflated
- light
- loose
- mistral
- nonsubmersible
- poised
- poising
- puff
- rafting
- riding
- sailing
- soaring
- suspending
- swimming
- tempest
- typhoon
- unattached
- unsinkable
- unsubstantial
- volatile
- whiff
- whirlwind
- whisk
- zephyr
zephyr
- air
- airflow
- aroma
- atmosphere
- blast
- blow
- breath
- breeze
- chinook
- current
- cyclone
- draft
- draught
- faint breeze
- firmament
- flatus
- flurry
- flutter
- gale
- gust
- headwind
- heaven
- heavens
- hot air
- mistral
- northeaster
- norther
- northwester
- odor
- ozone
- puff
- sea breeze
- sigh
- sky
- smell
- southeaster
- southwester
- squall
- stratosphere
- tailwind
- tempest
- tornado
- troposphere
- typhoon
- vapor
- ventilation
- waft
- wafting
- westerly
- whiff
- whirlwind
- whisk
- wind
- windstorm
ebullition
- agitation
- agony
- bacteria
- bacterium
- barm
- beginning
- blaze
- blowup
- boiling point
- brawl
- break
- breaking
- bubbles
- bubbling
- burst
- bursting
- commencement
- commotion
- convulsion
- crack
- crash
- dawn
- delirium
- detonation
- discharge
- disorder
- disruption
- dissolving
- ecstasy
- effervescence
- enzyme
- epidemic
- eruption
- evaporation
- explosion
- ferment
- fermentation
- fermentation agent
- firestorm
- fit
- fizz
- flare
- flare-up
- flash
- flash point
- flush
- foam
- foaming
- frenzy
- froth
- frothing
- furor
- fury
- gale
- grouch
- gush
- gushing
- gust
- head
- insurrection
- irruption
- leaven
- leavening
- mold
- mutiny
- onset
- outburst
- outpouring
- paroxysm
- plague
- rage
- rapture
- rebellion
- rending
- revolution
- roar
- sally
- scud
- scum
- seethe
- seething
- simmer
- sortie
- souring
- sparkle
- spasm
- spindrift
- spray
- spume
- spurt
- storm
- suds
- sundering
- surge
- tantrum
- thunder
- transport
- tumult
- turbulence
- uprising
- volatilization
- volley
- yeast
raining cats and dogs
- bitter
- blast
- blizzard
- blow
- blowy
- blustering
- blustery
- boisterous
- cloudburst
- cold
- coming down
- cyclone
- damp
- deluging
- dirty
- disturbance
- downpour
- drowning
- engulfing
- flooding
- foul
- frigid
- furious
- gale
- gust
- gusty
- hailing
- howling
- hurricane
- inundating
- menacing
- monsoon
- murky
- pouring
- precipitating
- raging
- raining
- rainy
- riproaring
- roaring
- savage
- showering
- snowstorm
- spitting
- squall
- squalling
- squally
- stormful
- storming
- swamping
- tempest
- tempestuous
- threatening
- tornado
- torrid
- turbulent
- twister
- violent
- wet
- whirlwind
- wild
- windstorm
- windy