rains

The word “rains” has 1 syllable: rains

It's pronounced as /reɪnz/


What is synonym and antonym for rains?

In the thesaurus, “rains” has 54 synonyms and 14 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for rains

Antonyms for rains

  • aridity
  • dehydration
  • drizzles
  • dryness
  • holds back
  • keeps
  • mists
  • mizzles
  • reserves
  • retains
  • scuds
  • spits
  • sprinkles
  • withholds

Meanings of rains

  • 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.
    4. A rainy season.
  • 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

  • Rains are essential for the growth of crops during the farming season.
  • She loves the sound of gentle rains tapping on the windowpane as she reads.
  • The region experiences heavy rains during the monsoon season, causing occasional flooding.
  • Despite the forecast, the rains didn't arrive, leaving the fields parched and dry.
  • The garden thrived after the recent rains, with flowers blooming in abundance.

On this page you'll find 68 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to rains, such as: aridity, barrages, bombardments, bombards, broadsides, cannonades, clamminess.

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

Related Words

hails

  • acclaims
  • accredits
  • adulates
  • applauds
  • approves
  • asks
  • assembles
  • avalanches
  • ballyhoos
  • barrages
  • beckons
  • belauds
  • bids
  • blitzes
  • blitzkriegs
  • bombardments
  • bravoes
  • broadsides
  • bursts
  • buzzes
  • calls
  • calls out
  • calls up
  • cannonades
  • cataclysms
  • cataracts
  • celebrates
  • cheers
  • cites
  • claps
  • commands
  • commends
  • convenes
  • convokes
  • cracks up
  • currents
  • deifies
  • deluges
  • demands
  • discharges
  • distances
  • drumbeats
  • drumfires
  • earfuls
  • emblazons
  • endorses
  • engulfments
  • eruptions
  • eulogizes
  • excesses
  • extolls
  • extols
  • favors
  • flatters
  • flood tides
  • floods
  • flurries
  • flushes
  • fusillades
  • glorifies
  • gluts
  • gushes
  • hearings
  • idolizes
  • indorses
  • inundations
  • invites
  • invokes
  • knells
  • lauds
  • magnifies
  • musters
  • orders
  • outbreaks
  • outbursts
  • outflows
  • outpourings
  • overabundances
  • overages
  • overflows
  • overkills
  • overmuch
  • overpraises
  • oversupplies
  • pages
  • praises
  • rains
  • rashes
  • recommends
  • requests
  • requisitions
  • rings
  • rivers
  • rushes
  • salutes
  • salvoes
  • salvos
  • sends for
  • showers
  • sights
  • sings
  • sounds
  • spates
  • storms
  • streams
  • subpoenas
  • summons
  • superabundances
  • superfluities
  • supports
  • surfeits
  • surges
  • surpluses
  • tides
  • torrents
  • touts
  • volleys
  • volumes
  • whistles

rainfalls

  • cloudbursts
  • deluges
  • downfalls
  • downpours
  • precipitations
  • rains
  • rainstorms
  • showers
  • storms
  • thundershowers
  • thunderstorms
  • weathers
  • wets

rains cats and dogs

  • deluges
  • drowns
  • engulfs
  • floods
  • hails
  • inundates
  • pours
  • precipitates
  • rains
  • showers
  • spits
  • squalls
  • storms
  • swamps

rainstorms

  • cloudbursts
  • deluges
  • downfalls
  • downpours
  • precipitations
  • rainfalls
  • rains
  • showers
  • storms
  • thundershowers
  • thunderstorms
  • weathers
  • wets

lavishes

  • blows
  • bombards
  • consumes
  • depletes
  • disburses
  • dissipates
  • exhausts
  • expends
  • fiddles away
  • floods
  • gushes
  • hails
  • heaps
  • impoverishes
  • indulges
  • inundates
  • lays out
  • loses
  • makes ducks and drakes of
  • misspends
  • overflows
  • overindulges
  • overspends
  • overwhelms
  • plays ducks and drakes with
  • pours
  • rains
  • runs through
  • shoots
  • showers
  • spends
  • splurges
  • squanders
  • streams
  • swamps
  • throws away
  • wastes

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