Earthquake
Earthquake noun - A shaking of the earth.
Usage example: the San Andreas Fault is notorious for its earthquakes
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Synonyms for Earthquake
Shake
Shake noun - A shaking of the earth.
Usage example: the shake was a modest 3.1 on the Richter scale
Earthquake is a synonym for shake in move topic. You can use "Earthquake" instead a noun "Shake", if it concerns topics such as trembler.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| human | human earthquake | human shake |
| short | short earthquake | short shake |
| real | real earthquake | real shake |
| large | large earthquake | large shake |
| Other adjectives: serious, huge, little, giant, aforementioned, fire-spitting, head-splitting. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- One Must Fall features some camera shake when either player slams the other into a wall or the Nova does its Earthquake Smash special move.
Source: Camera Abuse / Video Games -
When they shake the box, it causes an earthquake, and when Fry sits on the box, the picture becomes stretched out and flattened.
Source: Reality Changing Miniature -
In the anime, the JSDF warn the Special Region locals that an "earth-shake" is about to occur, one even corrects himself from "earthquake".
Source: Literature / Gate
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Shake and Earthquake. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/earthquake/shake
Earthquake & Shake. N.p., 2016. Web. 01 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/earthquake/shake>.
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