reverse lightning

Questions about reverse lightning

What is another word for reverse lightning?

It depends which reverse lightning you mean. In the sense “atmospheric discharges (lasting 10 msec) bursting from the tops of giant storm clouds in blue cones that widen as they flash upward”, the synonyms are jet, blue jet. Across all 1 sense there are 2 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of reverse lightning?

WordNet records no antonym for reverse lightning. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for reverse lightning come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of reverse lightning

• Full entry for reverse lightningAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for reverse lightningWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.