blizzard

Questions about blizzard

What does blizzard mean?

blizzard means "a storm with widespread snowfall accompanied by strong winds". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in blizzard?

blizzard has 2 syllables: bliz-zard. The stress falls on "bliz". In IPA it is /ˈblɪzɚd/.

What is another word for blizzard?

Close synonyms include snowstorm, rash. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is blizzard a common word?

blizzard is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.