NOUN | act | tremor, shudder | an involuntary vibration (as if from illness or fear) |
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event | tremor, earth tremor, microseism | a small earthquake | |
state | tremor | shaking or trembling (usually resulting from weakness or stress or disease) | |
VERB | motion | tremor, quake | shake with seismic vibrations |
Sounds | treh'mer | |
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Rhymes | Amor ... Zimmer: 100 rhymes with mer... |
Meaning | An involuntary vibration (as if from illness or fear). | |
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Synonym | shudder | |
Broader | vibration, quiver, quivering | The act of vibrating |
Spanish | estremecimiento, temblor | |
Catalan | estremiment, tremolor |
Meaning | A small earthquake. | |
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Synonyms | earth tremor, microseism | |
Narrower | aftershock | A tremor (or one of a series of tremors) occurring after the main shock of an earthquake |
foreshock | A tremor preceding an earthquake | |
Broader | earthquake, quake, temblor, seism | shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity |
Spanish | microsismo, movimiento sísmico, temblor | |
Catalan | moviment sísmic, tremolor | |
Verbs | tremor | shake with seismic vibrations |
Meaning | shaking or trembling (usually resulting from weakness or stress or disease). | |
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Part of | paralysis agitans, Parkinsonism, Parkinson's disease, Parkinson's syndrome, Parkinson's, shaking palsy | A degenerative disorder of the central nervous system characterized by tremor and impaired muscular coordination |
Narrower | essential tremor | tremor of unknown cause (usually of the hands and head) that develops in older people |
Broader | shaking, shakiness, trembling, quiver, quivering, vibration, palpitation | A shaky motion |
Spanish | temblor | |
Catalan | tremolor |
Meaning | shake with seismic vibrations. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s | |
Synonym | quake | |
Broader | shake, agitate | Move or cause to move back and forth |
Spanish | temblar | |
Nouns | tremor | a small earthquake |
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