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

3 senses of tidal wave

Sense 1
tidal wave -- (an overwhelming manifestation of some emotion or phenomenon; "a tidal wave of nausea"; "the flood of letters hit him with the force of a tidal wave"; "a tidal wave of crime")
       => manifestation -- (a clear appearance; "a manifestation of great emotion")

Sense 2
tidal wave -- (an unusual (and often destructive) rise of water along the seashore caused by a storm or a combination of wind and high tide)
       => wave, moving ridge -- (one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water))
       => calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm -- (an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster")

Sense 3
tidal wave -- (a wave resulting from the periodic flow of the tides that is caused by the gravitational attraction of the moon and sun)
       => wave, moving ridge -- (one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water))