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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | excess |
| Synonyms: | deluge, flood, glut, many, much, overabundance, overflow, overkill, overmuch, plenty, profusion, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplus |
| Notes: | plethora is too many of a good or bad thing and surfeit is too much of a good thing |
| Antonyms: | few, lack, little, need, rarity, scarcity, want |
| Main Entry: | profusion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abundance |
| Synonyms: | ampleness, copiousness, excess, extravagance, flood, glut, great quantity, opulence, outpouring, overflow, plenitude, plenty, prosperity, prosperousness, surplus, wealth |
| Main Entry: | rain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | downpour of water or other substance |
| Synonyms: | cat-and-dog weather, cloudburst, condensation, deluge, drencher, drizzle, fall, flood, flurry, hail, heavy dew, liquid sunshine, mist, monsoon, pour, pouring, precip, precipitation, raindrops, rainfall, rainstorm, sheets, shower, showers, sleet, spate, spit, sprinkle, sprinkling, stream, sun shower, torrent, volley, wet stuff, window washer |
| Notes: | rain is drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds; reign is a period during which somebody is dominant or powerful; rein is one of a pair of long leather straps connected to the bit or bridle and used to control a horse or other animal |
| Antonyms: | aridity, dryness |
| Main Entry: | rash |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | outbreak of disease or condition |
| Synonyms: | breakout, epidemic, eruption, flood, hives, pandemic, plague, series, spate, succession, wave |
| Notes: | rash (the adjective) suggests imprudence and lack of forethought; reckless implies disregard of possible consequences |
| Main Entry: | rush |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hurry, speed |
| Synonyms: | blitz, charge, dash, dispatch, expedition, flood, flow, flux, haste, hastiness, hurriedness, precipitance, precipitancy, precipitation, race, scramble, stream, surge, swiftness, urgency |
| Antonyms: | retardation, slowness |
| Main Entry: | shock |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | completely surprise |
| Synonyms: | abash, agitate, anger, antagonize, appall, astound, awe, bowl over, daze, disgust, dismay, displease, disquiet, disturb, electrify, flabbergast, flood, floor*, give a turn, hit like ton of bricks, horrify, insult, jar, jolt, knock out, nauseate, numb, offend, outrage, overcome, overwhelm, paralyze, revolt, rock, scandalize, shake, shake up, sicken, stagger, startle, stun, stupefy, throw a curve, traumatize, unsettle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | shower |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | precipitation |
| Synonyms: | cloudburst, deluge, downpour, drizzle, flood, hail, rain, rainstorm, sleet, storm, thunderstorm |
| Main Entry: | soak |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drench, wet |
| Synonyms: | absorb, assimilate, bathe, damp, dip, drink, drown, dunk, flood, imbrue, immerge, immerse, impregnate, infiltrate, infuse, macerate, marinate, merge, moisten, penetrate, percolate, permeate, pour into, pour on, saturate, seethe, soften, sop, souse, steep, submerge, take in, wash, water, waterlog |
| Antonyms: | dehydrate, dry |
| Main Entry: | spate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | series |
| Synonyms: | deluge, flood, flurry, outpouring, run, rush, string, succession, torrent, wave |
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