The invention provides a zinc aluminate nanometer powder and a preparing method thereof. The preparing method includes the steps that 1, soluble aluminum salt and zinc salt are added into a water solution, the mixture is heated to be at the temperature of 40 DEG C to 70 DEG C under stirring, a water bath is carried out for 20 min to 60 min at the constant temperature, and a mixed solution is obtained; 2, a morphology control agent is added into the mixed solution obtained in the step 1, and dissolved under stirring, wherein the concentration of the morphology control agent is 0.01 mol/L to 2 mol/L; 3, urea is added into the mixed solution obtained in the step 2, and the constant temperature of 40 DEG C to 70 DEG C is kept for 1 h to 5 h, wherein the molar ratio of the morphology control agent to the urea is 1:100-1:10; 4, the mixed solution obtained in the step 3 is transferred to a high-pressure reaction vessel, and is reacted for 2 h to 8 h at the temperature of 120 DEG C to 180 DEG C, the obtained product is washed, subjected to suction filtration, dried at the low temperature, and subjected to high-temperature roasting, and the zinc aluminate nanometer powder is obtained. The zinc aluminate nanometer powder prepared with the method is of a fluffy-sea-urchin-shaped structure, and has the high specific surface area and high fluffiness.