Synonyms of hurricanes

hurricanes

noun

plural of hurricane

as in disturbances

a state of noisy, confused activity

economic news that unleashed a hurricane on the trading floor

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disturbances
• commotions
• storms
• stirs
• turmoils
• noises
• fusses
• rackets
• rows
• zoos
• squalls
• fun
• coils
• furors
• clatters
• furores
• pandemoniums
• rumpuses
• alarums and excursions
• tumults
• ballyhoos
• ructions
• bustles
• ruckuses
• blathers
• hullabaloos
• bluster
• clutters
• stews
• kerfuffles
• ados
• hooplas
• to-dos
• uproars
• hubbubs
• williwaws
• bothers
• moils
• roars
• welters
• pothers
• bobberies
• whirls
• hubble-bubbles
• upheavals
• flurries
• shindys
• eruptions
• hurly-burlies
• foofaraws
• splores
• hurry-scurries
• helter-skelters
• hoo-has
• hurlies
• outbreaks
• dos
• disorders
• outcries
• howls
• cacophonies
• outbursts
• dins
• brawls
• fevers
• hue and cries
• clamors
• flare-ups
• flutters
• scuffles
• melees
• frets
• frays
• fracases
• tizzies
• hassles
• lathers
• dithers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• calms
• tranquilities
• rests
• peaces
• quiets
• hushes
• orders
• quietudes

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hurricanes

The declaration activates the state's emergency management plan to prepare for hurricanes and other potential natural disasters, allowing actions including the deployment of personnel and equipment to respond. — ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026

The Carolinas’ coasts face flooding and hurricanes too, and Hurricane Helene’s destruction in western North Carolina in 2024 showed the mountains aren’t immune. — Andrew McGowan, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026

Indeed, in the Pacific, hurricanes have threatened Hawaii to an unusually high degree this season. — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2026

A number of coastal California towns, including Malibu, Laguna Beach, and Long Beach, have already seen significant coastal erosion this year—due to a number of factors, including El Niño and Pacific hurricanes. — Simmone Shah, Time, 7 Oct. 2026

There have been two years, 1907 and 1914, in which no hurricanes were recorded. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 6 Oct. 2026

Already this year, hurricanes have intensified rapidly in the Pacific, and Hawaii has had close calls with several hurricanes that brought destructive rain and wind. — Lauren Sommer, NPR, 5 Oct. 2026

Here, flood maps record the risk from obvious threats like hurricanes, with high-risk zones blanketing the area. — Michael Phillis, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026

This year's list of 25 sites includes the Caribbean, which was ravaged by back-to-back hurricanes this fall, and the village of Amatrice, Italy, reduced to its foundations following an earthquake in August 2016. — Olivia Morelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Sep. 2026