Meanings
- not comparableRelated to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth.
seismic activity
- not comparableSubject to earthquakes.
a seismic area
- figurativelynot comparableOf very large or widespread effect.
With Spurs having avoided a seismic Cup upset, Newport's heroic display will be rewarded with a lucrative replay at Wembley.
2018 January 27, Dafydd Pritchard, “Newport 1 - 1 Tottenham Hotspur”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 24 Mar 20182 more examples
But the most seismic change is the shift to being supportive of open access. In practice, most of the industry has collectively opposed this for the past 25 years. The Department for Transport has been particularly hostile, seeing it as little more than cherry-picking.
2023 February 22, Sir Michael Holden, “Comment: A farewell to micro-management”, in RAIL, number 977, page 3That the two leading candidates are women is seismic in a country imbued with machismo, where gender violence is rampant and the fight for women’s rights has been especially sluggish under the incumbent president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, known as AMLO, who is limited by Mexico’s Constitution to one six-year term.
2024 March 17, Ilan Stavans, “Will Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum, a Jewish Woman, Blaze a Trail or Follow One?”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 01 Jun 2024
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekσεισμός“shaking, earthquake”
- Englishseismic
Based on Ancient Greek σεισμός (seismós, “shaking, earthquake”) + -ic, equivalent to seismo- + -ic.
More words from Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic زِلْزَالِيّ
- زِلْزَالِيّ (zilzāliyy)related to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth
Bulgarian земетръсен
- земетръсен (zemetrăsen)related to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth
Catalan sísmic
- sísmicrelated to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth
Chinese Mandarin 地震的, 地震多發的 /地震多发的
- 地震的 (dìzhèn de)related to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth
- 地震多發的 /地震多发的 (dìzhèn duōfā de)subject to earthquakes
- 影響深遠的 /影响深远的 (yǐngxiǎng shēnyuǎn de)of very large or widespread effect
Czech seizmický, seismický
- seizmickýrelated to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth
- seismickýrelated to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth
Danish seismisk
- seismiskrelated to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth
Dutch seismisch
- seismischrelated to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth
Esperanto seisma, sisma
- seismarelated to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth
- sismarelated to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth
Estonian seismiline
- seismilinerelated to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth
Finnish seisminen, seisminen
- seisminenrelated to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth
- seisminensubject to earthquakes
- maanjäristysaltissubject to earthquakes
- järisyttäväof very large or widespread effect
French sismique, sismique
- sismiquerelated to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth
- sismiquesubject to earthquakes
German seismisch
- seismischrelated to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth
Greek σεισμικός
- σεισμικός (seismikós)related to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth
Hungarian szeizmikus
- szeizmikusrelated to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth
Icelandic jarðskjálfta-
- jarðskjálfta-related to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth
Italian sismico
- sismicorelated to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth
Latin sīsmicus
- sīsmicusrelated to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth
Māori rū
- rūsubject to earthquakes
Persian زلزلهای
- زلزلهای (zelzele-'i)related to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth
Polish sejsmiczny, porażający
- sejsmicznyrelated to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth
- porażającyof very large or widespread effect
Portuguese sísmico
- sísmicorelated to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth
Romanian seismic
- seismicrelated to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth
Russian сейсми́ческий
- сейсми́ческий (sejsmíčeskij)related to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth
Spanish sísmico
- sísmicorelated to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth
Swedish seismisk
- seismiskrelated to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth
Turkish sismik
- sismikrelated to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth
Ukrainian сейсмі́чний
- сейсмі́чний (sejsmíčnyj)related to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth
Vietnamese địa chấn
- địa chấnrelated to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth
Welsh crynfaol, seismig
- crynfaolrelated to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth
- seismigrelated to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with seismic
All rhymes →Cite this entry
seismic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seismic
“seismic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seismic. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “seismic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seismic.
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