| Main Entry: | spate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | series |
Synonyms: |
deluge, flood, flurry, outpouring, run, rush, string, succession, torrent, wave |
| Main Entry: | burst |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blow-up, blast |
Synonyms: |
access, bang, barrage, blowout, bombardment, breach, break, cannonade, crack, discharge, eruption, explosion, fit, flare, fusillade, gush, gust, outbreak, outpouring, round, rupture, rush, sally, salvo, shower, spate, split, spurt, storm, surge, torrent, volley |
| Main Entry: | current |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flow of something, usually water |
Synonyms: |
course, draught, drift, ebb and flow, flood, flux, jet, juice, progression, river, run, rush, spate, stream, tidal motion, tide |
| Main Entry: | deluge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | downpour, flood of something |
Synonyms: |
avalanche, barrage, cataclysm, cataract, drencher, flux, inundation, niagara, overflowing, overrunning, pour, rush, spate, torrent |
| Main Entry: | fit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | seizure; sudden emotion |
Synonyms: |
access, attack, blow, bout, burst, caprice, conniption, convulsion, epileptic attack, frenzy, humor, jumps, mood, outbreak, outburst, paroxysm, rage, rush, spasm, spate, spell, stroke, tantrum, throe, torrent, turn, twitch, whim, whimsy |
| Main Entry: | flood |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | overwhelming flow, quantity |
Synonyms: |
abundance, alluvion, bore, bounty, cataclysm, cataract, current, deluge, downpour, drencher, drift, eager, excess, flow, flux, freshet, glut, inundation, multitude, niagara, outgushing, outpouring, overflow, plenty, pour, profusion, rush, spate, stream, superabundance, superfluity, surge, surplus, tide, torrent, tsunami, wave |
| Main Entry: | flow |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | issue, abundance |
Synonyms: |
breeze, continuance, continuation, continuity, course, current, deluge, discharge, draft, draw, dribble, drift, ebb, effusion, electricity, emanation, flood, flux, gush, juice, leakage, movement, oozing, outflow, outpouring, plenty, plethora, progress, progression, river, run, sequence, series, spate, spout, spurt, stream, succession, tide, train, wind |
Antonyms: |
trickle |
| Main Entry: | gush |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | outpouring |
Synonyms: |
burst, cascade, flood, flow, flush, issue, jet, run, rush, spate, spout, spring, spurt, stream, surge |
| Main Entry: | overflow |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flood, inundation |
Synonyms: |
advance, cataclysm, cataract, congestion, deluge, discharge, encroachment, enforcement, engorgement, excess, exuberance, flash flood, flooding, infringement, niagara, overabundance, overcrowding, overkill, overmuch, overproduction, plethora, pour, propulsion, push, redundancy, spate, spill, spillover, submergence, submersion, superfluity, surfeit, surplus, torrent |
| 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 |