Synonyms for rain

Synonyms for (noun) rain

Synonyms: rain, pelting

Definition: anything happening rapidly or in quick successive

Usage: a rain of bullets; a pelting of insults

Similar words: succession, successiveness, chronological sequence, chronological succession, sequence

Definition: a following of one thing after another in time

Usage: the doctor saw a sequence of patients


Synonyms: rain, rainfall

Definition: water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere

Similar words: downfall, precipitation

Definition: the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)


Synonyms: rain, rainwater

Definition: drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds

Similar words: fresh water, freshwater

Definition: water that is not salty


Synonyms for (verb) rain

Synonyms: rain, rain down

Definition: precipitate as rain

Usage: If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding

Similar words: precipitate, come down, fall

Definition: fall from clouds

Usage: rain, snow and sleet were falling; Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum


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