wind

US, UK /ˈwɪnd/ · /ˈwaɪ̯nd/

Synonyms

breeze, draft, gale, gas, wind

Derived terms

201 terms

Alabama wind chime, a sheet in the wind, as the wind blows, a straw shows how the wind blows, bag of wind, between wind and water, blow wind up someone's skirt, blow with the wind, break-wind, burn-the-wind, by-the-wind sailor, candle in the wind, cast caution to the wind, catch wind of, close to the wind, don't pee in the wind and tell me it's raining, don't piss in the wind and tell me it's raining, down the wind, fart in a wind storm, fart in the wind, finger in the wind, finger to the wind, floating wind turbine, follow the wind, four sheets in the wind, four sheets to the wind, free as the wind, gain the wind, geostrophic wind, geostrophic wind level, get one's wind back, get the wind up, get wind, get wind in one's jaws, get wind of, gone with the wind, go with the wind, have the wind up, have wind in one's jaw, head to wind, how the wind is blowing, in the eye of the wind, in the wind, it's an ill wind, it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good, knock the wind out of someone's sails, like the wind, long-winded, look what the wind blew in, must have been the wind, must've been the wind, on the wind, on the wings of the wind, out of wind, pee in the wind, pee into the wind, piss and wind, piss in the wind, piss into the wind, prevailing wind, pulsar wind nebula, put a finger to the wind, put the wind up, raise the wind, sail close to the wind, scattered to the four winds, which way the wind is blowing, shake a cloth in the wind, slant of wind, slip one's wind, sow the wind and reap the whirlwind, spit in the wind, spit into the wind, straw in the wind, take the wind out of someone's sails, take wind, tall trees catch much wind, that was not the wind, the winds, three sheets in the wind, three sheets to the wind, throw caution to the wind, throw to the wind, toss caution to the wind, toss to the wind, turn with every wind, twist in the wind, what way the wind is blowing, whirly-wind, whistle down the wind, whistle in the wind, willow in the wind, wind at one's back, windbag, wind band, wind-bell, windblocker, wind-blown, windboard, windbound, windbreak, windbreaker, wind-breaker, wind-break, wind burial, windburn, windcap, Wind Cave, wind chart, wind-cheater, windcheater, windchill, wind chill, wind chime, wind chimes, wind chop, wind-cloud, wind cone, windcone, wind deflector, wind direction, wind-driven, wind dropsy, wind-dry, wind egg, wind energy, wind engine, windfall, wind farm, wind farmer, windflaw, wind force, wind gap, wind gauge, wind generator, wind-grass, wind gun, wind harp, windhold, wind horse, windily, windiness, wind instrument, windjammer, wind-lashed, windless, wind load, wind machine, windmill, wind moon, wind of a ball, wind of change, wind off, window, wind park, windpipe, wind power, wind power plant, wind power station, windproof, windpump, Wind River, wind road, wind-rode, wind rose, wind scale, wind scorpion, windscreen, wind shade, wind shadow, wind shake, wind shear, windshear, windshield, wind shift, wind sleeve, windsleeve, wind sock, windsock, winds of change, wind speed, wind sprint, windstorm, wind stream, windstrength, windsucker, windsurf, windsurfer, windsurfing, wind-swept, windswept, wind theft, wind throb, windthrow, wind tower, wind tunnel, wind turbine, windward, wind-witch, windy, you don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows

Related terms

28 terms

blizzard, breeze, cyclone, dust devil, gale, gust, high wind, hurricane, nor'easter, northeaster, northwester, sou'easter, southeaster, southwester, sou'wester, storm, tempest, tornado, twister, typhoon, zephyr, draft, eddy, flatus, breath, updraft, ventilation, hydrometeor

Hypernyms

49 terms

anabatic wind, baffling wind, Bohemian wind, break wind, broken wind, calm wind, crosswind, custard wind, cut wind, dead wind, Diablo wind, downwind, driving wind, east wind, fair wind, fall wind, foul wind, gradient wind, gravity wind, head wind, headwind, hot wind, interstellar wind, ionic wind, ion wind, katabatic wind, land wind, meridional wind, Mono wind, night wind, north wind, pass wind, polar wind, Santa Ana wind, Santana wind, second wind, solar wind, south wind, stellar wind, stormwind, tailwind, thaw wind, thick wind, trade wind, upwind, volcanic wind, west wind, whirlwind, zonal wind

Hyponyms

35 terms

gust, breeze, light air, gale, storm, thaw wind, hurricane, air drainage, gravity wind, anabatic wind, katabatic wind, westerly, easterly, souther, norther, easter, wester, northeaster, northwester, southeaster, southwester, chinook, foehn, ghibli, levanter, mistral, sirocco, zephyr, simoom, khamsin, antitrade, trade wind, trades, waft, flutter

Meronyms

meridional wind, zonal wind