Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun maelstrom

1 sense of maelstrom

Sense 1
whirlpool, vortex, maelstrom -- (a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides))
       => current, stream -- (a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes); "the raft floated downstream on the current"; "he felt a stream of air"; "the hose ejected a stream of water")