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rain
noun as in downpour of water or other substance
Strongest matches
deluge, drizzle, flood, hail, mist, monsoon, precipitation, rainfall, rainstorm, shower, showers, sleet, stream, torrent
Strong matches
cloudburst, condensation, fall, flurry, pour, pouring, raindrops, sheets, spate, spit, sprinkle, sprinkling, volley
Weak matches
cat-and-dog weather, drencher, heavy dew, liquid sunshine, precip, sun shower, wet stuff, window washer
Example Sentences
The crowd erupted as they took to the ice, and rained down plush toys on them as they finished.
It’s a crisp night in the rugged mountains above Los Angeles following the first rains of fall.
“I always imagined heavy rain there and lightning shining on someone’s face,” Hollis said about a perhaps heroic moment linked to the fire.
Then by the end of the week, heavy rain and strong winds look likely.
Cloud seeding is the practice of using aeroplanes to fire salt or other chemicals into clouds to induce rain.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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