Seismic: meaning, example and synonyms
Seismicadj. Enormous in effect or impact, like an earthquake; also relating to earthquakes.
Example
The invention of the printing press produced a seismic shift in European intellectual life, transforming who could read, write, and debate ideas.
- Part of speech
- adjective
- Synonyms
- enormous, momentous, earthshaking, profound
- Antonyms
- negligible, minor, trivial, insignificant
- Memory tip
- seismos = earthquake: a change big enough to shake the ground.
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Check yourself: Seismic in context
The discovery that diseases are spread by microorganisms brought about ______ changes in medicine, overturning centuries of belief about the causes of illness.
Answer: seismic. A change that overturns centuries of belief is enormous in impact, so seismic fits. pseudonymous (under a false name), tangential (only loosely related) and endemic (native to one place) don't fit this context.
Geologists installed ______ sensors along the fault line, hoping to detect the faint ground vibrations that sometimes precede a major earthquake.
Answer: seismic. Sensors that detect earthquake vibrations are seismic sensors. pseudonymous (under a false name), indefatigable (tireless) and tangential (only loosely related) don't fit this context.