raining

The word “raining” has 2 syllables: rain-ing

It's pronounced as /ˈreɪ.nɪŋ/


What is synonym and antonym for raining?

In the thesaurus, “raining” has 62 synonyms and 14 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for raining

  • aqueous
  • bombarding
  • clammy
  • dank
  • deluging
  • dewy
  • discharging
  • draining
  • drenched
  • dripping
  • drizzling
  • drowning
  • engulfing
  • flooding
  • flowing
  • foggy
  • gushing
  • hailing
  • heaping
  • humid
  • inundating
  • lavishing
  • misty
  • moistened
  • muggy
  • overflowing
  • overwhelming
  • pouring
  • precipitating
  • raining cats and dogs
  • rainy
  • running
  • rushing
  • saturate
  • saturated
  • showering
  • showery
  • slimy
  • slippery
  • slushy
  • snowy
  • soaked
  • soaking
  • sodden
  • soggy
  • sopping
  • soppy
  • soused
  • spilling
  • spitting
  • spouting
  • spurting
  • squalling
  • storming
  • stormy
  • streaming
  • swamping
  • teary
  • teeming
  • water-logged
  • watery
  • wringing-wet

Antonyms for raining

  • arid
  • clear
  • dehydrated
  • drizzling
  • dry
  • holding back
  • keeping
  • misting
  • mizzling
  • reserving
  • retaining
  • spitting
  • sprinkling
  • withholding

Meanings of raining

  • 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.
  • noun
    1. A fall of rain.

Example Sentences

  • Raining heavily, they decided to postpone the outdoor party until the weather improved.
  • She grabbed her umbrella when she saw it was raining outside.
  • Despite the raining weather, they ventured out for a walk, enjoying the peaceful atmosphere.
  • It had been raining on and off all day, making the streets slick with puddles.
  • He sighed as he looked out the window, it seemed like it had been raining for days without end.

On this page you'll find 76 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to raining, such as: aqueous, arid, bombarding, clammy, clear, dank, dehydrated.

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

Related Words

abjuring

  • abandoning
  • abnegating
  • avoiding
  • backing down
  • backing off
  • backtracking
  • bolting
  • bucking
  • checking
  • combating
  • combatting
  • constraining
  • contradicting
  • controverting
  • curbing
  • denying
  • disallowing
  • disavowing
  • disclaiming
  • disowning
  • disproving
  • disputing
  • eschewing
  • fighting
  • forbearing
  • foregoing
  • foreswearing
  • forgoing
  • forsaking
  • forswearing
  • gainsaying
  • giving up
  • inhibiting
  • negating
  • negativing
  • rebutting
  • recalling
  • recanting
  • refusing
  • refuting
  • rejecting
  • relinquishing
  • reneging
  • renouncing
  • repealing
  • repudiating
  • retracting
  • revoking
  • shunning
  • spurning
  • surrendering
  • taking back
  • unsaying
  • withdrawing

absorbing

  • abating
  • abiding
  • accepting
  • acculturating
  • accustoming
  • acquiescing
  • allowing
  • alluring
  • amalgamating
  • amazing
  • amusing
  • arresting
  • assimilating
  • astonishing
  • astounding
  • attracting
  • attractive
  • bankrupting
  • bearing
  • beguiling
  • bemusing
  • bewitching
  • biding
  • blending
  • blowing
  • breathtaking
  • brooking
  • burning
  • busying
  • capitulating
  • captivating
  • catching up
  • charming
  • co-opting
  • combining
  • commingling
  • conditioning
  • consuming
  • countenancing
  • crippling
  • curious
  • de-escalating
  • debilitating
  • decreasing
  • depleting
  • devouring
  • diminishing
  • disabling
  • dissipating
  • distracting
  • downsizing
  • draining
  • drawing down
  • drinking
  • drying up
  • dwindling
  • eating
  • electric
  • electrifying
  • embodying
  • emphatic
  • emptying
  • enchanting
  • enculturating
  • enduring
  • enfeebling
  • engaging
  • engrossing
  • entertaining
  • enthralling
  • enwrapping
  • eventful
  • exciting
  • exhausting
  • exhilarating
  • expending
  • eye-opening
  • fabulous
  • fascinating
  • fusing
  • galvanizing
  • going
  • gripping
  • gulping
  • guzzling
  • habituating
  • hacking
  • handling
  • hogging
  • hypnotizing
  • imbibing
  • immersing
  • impoverishing
  • incorporating
  • inspiring
  • integrating
  • interesting
  • intermingling
  • intriguing
  • involving
  • lavishing
  • lessening
  • living with
  • lowering
  • marvellous
  • marvelous
  • meeting
  • merging
  • mesmerizing
  • mingling
  • misspending
  • monopolizing
  • naturalizing
  • obsessing
  • occupying
  • odd
  • permitting
  • playing out
  • pocketing
  • preoccupying
  • provocative
  • quaffing
  • reducing
  • respecting
  • riveting
  • rousing
  • running out of
  • running through
  • sapping
  • showy
  • sipping
  • slurping
  • spellbinding
  • spending
  • splashy
  • sponging
  • squandering
  • standing
  • standing for
  • sticking out
  • stimulating
  • stirring
  • stomaching
  • striking
  • suffering
  • supporting
  • surprising
  • sustaining
  • swallowing
  • sweating out
  • swigging
  • swilling
  • taking
  • taking up
  • tantalizing
  • thrilling
  • throwing away
  • tolerating
  • toughing it out
  • undermining
  • unusual
  • using
  • using up
  • wasting
  • weakening
  • wearing
  • weird
  • wonderful
  • wondrous

abstaining

  • abnegating
  • abnegation
  • abstemious
  • abstemiousness
  • abstinence
  • abstinent
  • adjuration
  • ascetic
  • asceticism
  • austere
  • avoidance
  • brush-off
  • calm
  • chastity
  • cherry
  • clear-headed
  • cold
  • cold shoulder
  • cold sober
  • collected
  • composed
  • constrained
  • continence
  • continent
  • contradiction
  • controlled
  • controversion
  • cool
  • dark
  • declination
  • declining
  • delaying
  • disaffirmance
  • disaffirmation
  • disallowance
  • disapproval
  • disavowal
  • disciplined
  • disclaimer
  • dismissing
  • dispassionate
  • disproof
  • dissent
  • down-to-earth
  • drab
  • dry
  • drying out
  • earnest
  • eschewing
  • fasting
  • forbearance
  • forgoing
  • forswearing
  • free of alcohol
  • frugality
  • gainsaying
  • grave
  • halting
  • hard-boiled
  • hesitating
  • imperturbable
  • inhibited
  • levelheaded
  • low-key
  • lucid
  • moderate
  • moderation
  • nay
  • negation
  • negative
  • nix
  • no-nonsense
  • non-indulgence
  • nonacceptance
  • noncommittal
  • nonindulgent
  • not drinking
  • not drunk
  • not partaking of alcohol
  • on the wagon
  • pacific
  • period of abstinence
  • plain
  • practical
  • prohibition
  • protestation
  • puritanical
  • quiet
  • rational
  • realistic
  • reasonable
  • rebuff
  • rebuttal
  • refraining
  • refusing
  • refutal
  • refutation
  • rejecting
  • rejection
  • renegement
  • renouncement
  • renunciation
  • repudiating
  • repudiation
  • repulse
  • reserved
  • restrained
  • retraction
  • sedate
  • self-control
  • self-denial
  • self-possessed
  • self-restraint
  • serene
  • serious
  • severe
  • shilly-shallying
  • sober
  • soberness
  • sobriety
  • soft
  • solemn
  • somber
  • sound
  • spartan
  • staid
  • stalling
  • statement
  • statement abnegation
  • steady
  • stone cold sober
  • strict
  • subdued
  • sworn off
  • teetotalism
  • temperance
  • temperate
  • temporizing
  • toned-down
  • took the pledge
  • turndown
  • turning down
  • unexcited
  • unimpassioned
  • unintoxicated
  • unruffled
  • vacillating
  • veto
  • waffling
  • wavering

abstentious

  • abstemious
  • abstinent
  • ascetic
  • ascetical
  • austere
  • bridled
  • celibate
  • continent
  • curbed
  • disciplined
  • inhibited
  • moderate
  • modest
  • restrained
  • self-abnegating
  • self-controlled
  • self-denying
  • self-disciplined
  • self-governed
  • self-restrained
  • self-restraining
  • sober
  • temperate

abstinence

  • abnegation
  • abstaining
  • abstemiousness
  • asceticism
  • austerity
  • avoidance
  • celibacy
  • chasteness
  • chastity
  • cherry
  • continence
  • control
  • discipline
  • fasting
  • forbearance
  • frugality
  • honor
  • innocence
  • moderation
  • modesty
  • purity
  • refraining
  • renunciation
  • restraint
  • self-abnegation
  • self-command
  • self-control
  • self-denial
  • self-discipline
  • self-mastery
  • self-restraint
  • soberness
  • sobriety
  • teetotalism
  • temperance
  • virginity
  • virtue

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