TEMPEST as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • (literary) a violent wind
    Usage Example(s)
    • a tempest swept over the island
    Hypernyms(s) tempest is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  2. Meaning
    • a violent commotion or disturbance
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • the storms that had characterized their relationship had died away
    • it was only a tempest in a teapot
    Hypernyms(s) tempest is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)