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| Main Entry: | rain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | downpour of water or other substance |
| Synonyms: | cloudburst, condensation, deluge, drizzle, fall, flood, flurry, hail, mist, pour, pouring, precipitation, rainfall, shower, spate, spit, sprinkle, sprinkling, stream, torrent, volley*, cat-and-dog weather, drencher, heavy dew, liquid sunshine, monsoon, precip, raindrops, rainstorm, sheets, showers, sleet, sun shower, 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: | dryness, aridity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drop water or other substance |
| Synonyms: | bestow, bucket, deposit, drizzle, fall, hail, lavish, mist, patter, pour, shower, sprinkle, storm, come down in buckets, sleet |
| Main Entry: | drip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drop, trickle |
| Synonyms: | dribble, drizzle, exude, filter, rain, splash, sprinkle, trill, weep, plop |
| Antonyms: | pour |
| Main Entry: | hail |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | torrent |
| Synonyms: | barrage, bombardment, cannonade, rain, salvo, shower, storm, volley, broadside, hailstorm, pelting |
| Main Entry: | lament |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | to mourn or grieve deeply |
| Synonyms: | bawl, beat one's breast, bemoan, bewail, bleed, cry, deplore, eat one's heart out, howl, hurt, kick self, moan, rain, regret, repine, rue, sing, sob, sorrow, take it hard, wail, weep |
| Antonyms: | celebrate, compliment, laud, praise |
| Main Entry: | mist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | film, vapor |
| Synonyms: | brume, cloud, condensation, dew, drizzle, fog, haze, moisture, rain, smog, spray, steam, ground clouds, soup*, visibility zero |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mist |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cloud, steam up |
| Synonyms: | becloud, blur, dim, drizzle, film, fog, haze, murk, obscure, overcast, rain, shower, sprinkle, steam, befog, mizzle, overcloud |
| Antonyms: | burn off, uncloud |
| Main Entry: | moisture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dampness; liquid |
| Synonyms: | damp, dew, drizzle, fog, humidity, mist, perspiration, precipitation, rain, sweat, water, wet, dankness, wateriness, wetness |
| Antonyms: | dryness |
| Main Entry: | pelt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beat; throw hard |
| Synonyms: | assail, batter, belabor, belt, bombard, career, cast, charge, dash, hammer, hurl, knock, pound, pour, pummel, rain, rush, shoot, shower, sling, speed, stone, strike, swat, tear, thrash, wallop, lapidate, pepper |
| Main Entry: | pour |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be or make flowing |
| Synonyms: | cascade, cataract, course, crowd, decant, deluge, discharge, drain, drench, emit, flood, flow, give off, gush, inundate, issue, jet, proceed, rain, rill, roll, run, rush, sheet, shower, sluice, spew, spill, splash, spout, spring, stream, surge, swarm, teem, throng, let flow |
| Main Entry: | precipitation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | moisture in air or falling from sky |
| Synonyms: | cloudburst, condensation, drizzle, hail, rain, rainfall, snow, storm, hailstorm, heavy dew, precip, rainstorm, sleet, wetness |
| Antonyms: | dryness |
| Main Entry: | remonstrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | argue against |
| Synonyms: | blame, censure, challenge, combat, complain, criticize, decry, demur, deprecate, disapprove, disparage, dispute, dissent, except, expostulate, fight, inveigh, kick*, nag, object, oppose, protest, rain, resist, scold, withstand, animadvert, find fault, frown upon, pick at, recriminate, sound off, take exception, take issue |
| Antonyms: | agree, concede, give in |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | shower |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | precipitation |
| Synonyms: | cloudburst, deluge, downpour, drizzle, flood, hail, rain, storm, rainstorm, sleet, thunderstorm |
| Main Entry: | sorrow |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extreme upset, grief |
| Synonyms: | affliction, agony, anguish, bad news*, blow, blues*, care, catastrophe, dejection, depression, distress, dolor, hardship, heartache, heartbreak, lamenting, melancholy, misery, misfortune, mourning, pain, rain*, regret, remorse, repentance, rue, sadness, suffering, trial, tribulation, trouble, unhappiness, weeping, woe, worry, wretchedness, big trouble, grieving |
| Antonyms: | happiness, joy, relief |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sprinkle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | scatter, disseminate |
| Synonyms: | baptize, christen, dampen, dot, dredge, dust, freckle, mist, moisten, powder, rain, shake, shower, smear, speck, spit, spot, spray, squirt, strew, stud, pepper, speckle, spritz |
| Antonyms: | collect, gather |
| Main Entry: | storm |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attack, rush |
| Synonyms: | assail, assault, beset, bluster, carry on*, charge, come at*, complain, drizzle, drop, fly, fume, go on, howl, pour, rage, rain, rant, rave, rip, roar, scold, sizzle, spit, squall, stalk, stomp, strike, take on*, tear, thunder*, aggress, blow violently, breathe fire, burn up, set in, sound off, steam up*, take by storm |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | teem |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be abundant, full |
| Synonyms: | abound, bear, brim, bristle, burst, bustle, crawl, crowd, flow, grow, jam, overflow, overrun, pack, pour, produce, prosper, rain, shower, swarm, swell, be crawling with, be full of, be numerous, be plentiful, be prolific, burst at seams, pour out, pullulate, roll in, superabound, swim in, wallow in |
| Antonyms: | lack, need, want |
| Main Entry: | water |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pure liquid hydrogen and oxygen |
| Synonyms: | Adam's ale, H2O, aqua, aqua pura, drink, rain, rainwater, saliva, tears |
| Main Entry: | wet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dampness, moisture |
| Synonyms: | condensation, damp, drizzle, humidity, liquid, rain, water, clamminess, rains, wetness |
| Antonyms: | dryness, dehydration |
| Main Entry: | woe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | suffering |
| Synonyms: | adversity, affliction, agony, anguish, blues*, burden, calamity, care, cataclysm, catastrophe, curse, dejection, depression, disaster, distress, dole, drag, gloom, grief, hardship, headache*, heartache*, heartbreak, melancholy, misadventure, misery, misfortune, pain, rain*, regret, rue, sadness, sorrow, tragedy, trial, tribulation, trouble, unhappiness, wretchedness, bemoaning, deploring, grieving, lamentation |
| Antonyms: | happiness, joy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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