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tempestnoun a disturbance of the atmosphere accompanied by wind and often by precipitation (as rain or snow)the sudden summertime tempest drove us off the golf course and into the clubhouse squall, storm blizzard, ice storm, snowstormcloudburst, hailstorm, rainsquall, rainstorm, thundershower, thunderstorm, weather, windstormnortheaster(or nor'easter), norther, southeaster, southwestercyclone, hurricane, typhoonsandstorm a violent disturbance (as of the political or social order)the town council handled the tempest over cuts to the school budget as well as could be expected bouleversement, cataclysm, convulsion, earthquake, paroxysm, storm, tumult, upheaval, uproar insurgency, insurrection, mutiny, overthrow, overturn, rebellion, revolt, revolution, subversion, unrest, uprising, upsetfit, seizure, spasmeruption, flare-up, outbreak, outburstbluster, bobbery, bustle, coil, commotion, furor, furore, fuss, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly-burly, pandemonium, rout, row, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, shindy, squall, stew, stir, to-do, turmoil, welter, williwawquaking, rocking, shaking, trembling in the 13th century |