"tidal wave" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

An overwhelming manifestation of some emotion or phenomenon (synset 107363669)
"a tidal wave of nausea"; "the flood of letters hit him with the force of a tidal wave"; "a tidal wave of crime"

is a type of: manifestation - a clear appearance
An unusual (and often destructive) rise of water along the seashore caused by a storm or a combination of wind and high tide (synset 107363470)
is a type of:
- calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy - an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
- moving ridge, wave - one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
A wave resulting from the periodic flow of the tides that is caused by the gravitational attraction of the moon and sun (synset 107363294)
is a type of: moving ridge, wave - one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)