GROUNDSWELL meaning: Surge of support or opinion

We found 19 dictionaries that define the word groundswell:

General (18 matching dictionaries)

groundswell: Merriam-Webster
groundswell: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
groundswell: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
groundswell: Collins English Dictionary
Groundswell, groundswell: Wordnik
groundswell: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
groundswell: Wiktionary
groundswell: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
groundswell: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
groundswell: Infoplease Dictionary
groundswell: Dictionary.com
Groundswell (book), Groundswell (organization), Groundswell: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
groundswell: FreeDictionary.org
groundswell: TheFreeDictionary.com
Groundswell: World Wide Words
groundswell: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun: (nautical, surfing) A broad undulation of the open ocean, often as the result of a distant disturbance.
▸ noun: (by extension) A broadly-based shifting of public opinion.

Similar:

upswell, swell, sandwave, swash, tube, storm surge, upsweep, washover, sweep, waterspout, more...

Opposite:

backlash, decline, decrease, subsidence

Types:

tsunami, seismic, earthquake, avalanche, landslide, mudslide, more...

Phrases:

Groundswell NZ, more...

Adjectives:

popular, great, strong, heavy, huge, new, political, powerful, public, national, tremendous

Colors:

teal, turquoise, aqua, seafoam, ocean blue, more...