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Adjective thundering has 2 senses

thundering - sounding like thunder; "the thundering herd"
Antonym: quiet (indirect, via noisy)
thundering - extraordinarily big or impressive; "a thundering success"; "the thundering silence of what was left unsaid"
Antonym: unimpressive (indirect, via impressive)

Verb thunder has 4 senses

thunder - move fast, noisily, and heavily; "The bus thundered down the road"
--₁ is one way to move

Derived form: noun thunder₁
Sample sentences:
Cars thunder in the streets
The streets thunder with cars
thunder, roar - utter words loudly and forcefully; "`Get out of here,' he roared"
--₂ is one way to shout

Derived form: noun thunder₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
thunder, boom - be the case that thunder is being heard; "Whenever it thunders, my dog crawls under the bed"

Derived form: noun thunder₂
Sample sentence:
It was thundering all day long
thunder - to make or produce a loud noise; "The river thundered below"; "The engine roared as the driver pushed the car to full throttle"
--₄ is one way to roar, howl

Derived forms: noun thunder₁, noun thunderer₂
Sample sentence:
The cars thunder down the avenue