Synonyms for drizzle
Definitions
- v. 1
To rain lightly.
We had planned a picnic for Joe's birthday, but it ended up drizzling all day.
Related words
- Word family
- drizzle-drozzle drizzly
Forms
- Past participle
- drizzled
e.g. drizzled → rained, sprinkled, misted, dripped…
Example sentences
- rain The clouds are getting darker; it's going to rain.
- mist The land could just be discerned through the mist.
- drip When I exercise in mid-summer, I drip with sweat.
- sprinkle Can you sprinkle crushed nuts on top of the cake?
- dribble He managed to dribble past all the defenders.
By length
- 4 letters
- rain1, mist1, drip1
- 6 letters
- mistle, mizzle
- 7 letters
- dribble2, moisten2
- 8 letters
- sprinkle2
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dribble2 = 2 syllables).