NOUN | event | ground swell | an obvious change of public opinion or political sentiment that occurs without leadership or overt expression |
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event | ground swell, heavy swell | a broad and deep undulation of the ocean |
Meaning | An obvious change of public opinion or political sentiment that occurs without leadership or overt expression. | |
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Example | "there was a ground swell of antiwar sentiment" | |
Broader | transition | A change from one place or state or subject / subject or stage / stage to another |
Meaning | A broad and deep undulation of the ocean. | |
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Synonym | heavy swell | |
Broader | swell, crestless wave | The undulating movement of the surface of the open sea |
Spanish | mar de fondo, mar de leva | |
Catalan | mar de fons, mar de fora, mar de lluny, mar forana, mar llarguera |
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