rain

The word “rain” has 1 syllable: rain

It's pronounced as /reɪn/


What is synonym and antonym for rain?

In the thesaurus, “rain” has 70 synonyms and 13 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for rain along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for rain

  • barrage
  • bestow
  • bombard
  • bombardment
  • broadside
  • bucket
  • cannonade
  • cat-and-dog weather
  • cloudburst
  • come down in buckets
  • condensation
  • deluge
  • deposit
  • downfall
  • downpour
  • drencher
  • drizzle
  • drown
  • engulf
  • eruption
  • fall
  • flood
  • flurry
  • fusillade
  • gush
  • hail
  • heap
  • heavy dew
  • inundate
  • lavish
  • liquid sunshine
  • mist
  • monsoon
  • outbreak
  • outburst
  • overflow
  • overwhelm
  • patter
  • pour
  • pouring
  • precip
  • precipitate
  • precipitation
  • rain cats and dogs
  • raindrops
  • rainfall
  • rainstorm
  • rush
  • salvo
  • sheets
  • shower
  • showers
  • sleet
  • spate
  • spit
  • sprinkle
  • sprinkling
  • squall
  • storm
  • stream
  • sun shower
  • swamp
  • thundershower
  • thunderstorm
  • torrent
  • volley
  • weather
  • wet
  • wet stuff
  • window washer

Antonyms for rain

  • aridity
  • drizzle
  • dryness
  • hold back
  • keep
  • mist
  • mizzle
  • reserve
  • retain
  • scud
  • spit
  • sprinkle
  • withhold

Meanings of rain

  • noun
    1. Condensed water falling from a cloud.
    2. Any matter moving or falling, usually through air, and especially if liquid or otherwise figuratively identifiable with raindrops.
    3. An instance of particles or larger pieces of matter moving or falling through air.
  • verb
    1. To have rain fall from the sky.
    2. To fall as or like rain.
    3. To issue (something) in large quantities.
    4. To reign.

Example Sentences

  • Rain poured down from the dark clouds, soaking everything in its path.
  • Children giggled as they played in the puddles left by the afternoon rain.
  • Farmers rejoiced as the gentle rain nourished their parched crops.
  • The forecast predicted heavy rain throughout the weekend, prompting people to stay indoors.
  • The sound of rain tapping against the window provided a soothing backdrop for reading.

On this page you'll find 83 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to rain, such as: aridity, barrage, bestow, bombard, bombardment, broadside, bucket.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

a bit much

  • annoying
  • arduous
  • baroque
  • boresome
  • boring
  • boundless
  • burdensome
  • demanding
  • devilish
  • difficult
  • drag
  • dragging
  • drudging
  • dull
  • endless
  • enervative
  • enough
  • enough already
  • exacting
  • excessive
  • excruciating
  • exhausting
  • exorbitant
  • extravagant
  • extreme
  • fancy
  • fatiguing
  • flat
  • hard
  • heavy
  • heavy-handed
  • hefty
  • ho-hum
  • humdrum
  • immeasurable
  • immoderate
  • impossible
  • improper
  • inadmissible
  • inappropriate
  • infinite
  • inordinate
  • insane
  • insufferable
  • insupportable
  • intolerable
  • irksome
  • jading
  • laborious
  • last straw
  • lavish
  • limitless
  • monotonous
  • nowhere
  • offensive
  • onerous
  • oppressive
  • over-the-top
  • overdue
  • overextravagant
  • overmuch
  • overweening
  • painful
  • plethoric
  • steep
  • stiff
  • strenuous
  • tedious
  • thick
  • tired
  • tiring
  • too much
  • tough
  • towering
  • trying
  • unacceptable
  • unbearable
  • unconscionable
  • uncool
  • undesirable
  • undue
  • unendurable
  • uninteresting
  • unjustifiable
  • unmerciful
  • unrelieved
  • unrestrained
  • unseemly
  • unsufferable
  • unsupportable
  • unsurpassable
  • unwarranted
  • vexatious
  • wearing
  • wearisome
  • wearying
  • yawn

abandon

abandoned

  • abjured
  • aborted
  • abrogated
  • alone
  • annulled
  • barbaric
  • basked
  • broke off
  • broke up
  • called
  • called off
  • canceled
  • cancelled
  • cast aside
  • cast away
  • cast-off
  • castaway
  • ceased
  • closed
  • concluded
  • corrupt
  • countermanded
  • cried off
  • cut off
  • delivered
  • depraved
  • derelict
  • deserted
  • desolate
  • discarded
  • discontinued
  • disowned
  • disregarded
  • dissipated
  • dissolute
  • distanced
  • disused
  • ditched
  • dropped
  • dumped
  • eighty-sixed
  • eliminated
  • empty
  • ended
  • escaped
  • expired
  • finished
  • flung
  • forgot
  • forgotten
  • forsaken
  • forsook
  • gave up
  • given up
  • godforsaken
  • halted
  • handed over
  • held back
  • hog wild
  • hung it up
  • idle
  • ignored
  • immoral
  • incontinent
  • incorrigible
  • indulged
  • intemperate
  • interrupted
  • invalidated
  • jettisoned
  • jilted
  • junked
  • knocked off
  • left
  • left in the cold
  • left in the lurch
  • left off
  • licentious
  • luxuriated
  • marooned
  • miserable
  • neglected
  • nullified
  • outcast
  • overdid
  • overindulged
  • passed up
  • paused
  • pigeon-holed
  • profligate
  • quit
  • quitted
  • rampant
  • raw
  • recalled
  • recanted
  • refuse
  • rejected
  • relinquished
  • renounced
  • repealed
  • repudiated
  • rescinded
  • retracted
  • reveled
  • revelled
  • reversed
  • revoked
  • riotous
  • rolled
  • rolled back
  • runaway
  • sacrificed
  • scrapped
  • scrubbed
  • shabby
  • shameless
  • shed
  • shunned
  • shut off
  • side-tracked
  • sidelined
  • sinful
  • stopped
  • stranded
  • surrendered
  • suspended
  • tapered off
  • terminated
  • threw away
  • threw out
  • threw up
  • took back
  • unattended
  • unbounded
  • unbridled
  • unchecked
  • uncontrollable
  • uncontrolled
  • ungovernable
  • unhampered
  • unhindered
  • uninhibited
  • unoccupied
  • unprincipled
  • unrestrained
  • untended
  • vacant
  • vacated
  • void
  • voided
  • walked away from
  • walked out on
  • wallowed
  • wanton
  • waste
  • wicked
  • wild
  • winded up
  • withdrew
  • wound up
  • wrapped up
  • wretched
  • wrote off
  • yielded

abandonment

abecedarian

  • amateur
  • apprentice
  • babe
  • basal
  • basic
  • beginner
  • beginning
  • boot
  • candidate
  • colt
  • crucial
  • crude
  • cub
  • dabbler
  • dilettante
  • elemental
  • elementary
  • entrant
  • essential
  • fledgling
  • freshman
  • fundamental
  • greenhorn
  • important
  • introductory
  • key
  • learner
  • meat-and-potatoes
  • neophyte
  • newbie
  • newcomer
  • novice
  • novitiate
  • preliminary
  • preparatory
  • primal
  • primary
  • prime
  • primeval
  • primitive
  • primordial
  • probationer
  • punk
  • recruit
  • rook
  • rookie
  • rude
  • rudimental
  • rudimentary
  • simple
  • student
  • tenderfoot
  • trainee
  • tyro
  • uncomplicated
  • underlying
  • virgin

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