Synonyms for precipitation
All synonyms
Noun
1. Hurry
hurry, haste, flurry, hastiness, precipitancy, impetuosity, rashness, impatience, recklessness, heedlessness, hurriedness, precipitance
Definitions
- n. 1
Any or all of the forms of water particles, whether liquid or solid, that fall from the upper atmosphere (e.g., rain, hail, snow or sleet). It is a major class of hydrometeor, but it is distinguished from cloud, fog, dew, rime, frost, etc., in that it must fall. It is distinguished from cloud and virga in that it must reach the ground.
South Korea’s Ministry of Environment said in a news release that no major precipitation was observed after the cloud seeding operation.
Forms
- Plural
- precipitations → hurries, hastes, flurries, hastinesses…
Example sentences
- hastiness His hastiness sometimes messes things up.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| precipitation | falling | |
| hastiness | rising | |
| heedlessness | steady | |
| precipitancy | steady | |
| hurriedness | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- hail1
- 5 letters
- hurry2, haste1
- 6 letters
- flurry2
- 8 letters
- downfall2, rashness
- 9 letters
- hastiness
- 10 letters
- impatience3
- 11 letters
- impetuosity, hurriedness
- 12 letters
- recklessness3, heedlessness, precipitancy, precipitance
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hurry2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- précipitation
- Italiano
- precipitazione