English Explanatory Dictionary

groundswell

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A broad undulation of the open ocean, often as the result of a distant disturbance.
  2. A broadly-based shifting of public opinion.

Word forms

groundswell groundswells ground swell

Etymology

From ground + swell.

Related words

wind swell
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