bolt of lightning

1. 1.

   a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder

   Synonymsthunderboltbolt

   Broaderlightning

Questions about bolt of lightning

What does bolt of lightning mean?

bolt of lightning means "a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder".

What is another word for bolt of lightning?

Close synonyms include thunderbolt, bolt. 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 bolt of lightning a common word?

bolt of lightning is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.