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Synonyms for rain

Most common

mist drizzle

All synonyms

Verb

Noun

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To have rain fall from the sky.

    Judging by the black cloud, it will rain later today.

  2. n. 1

    Condensed water falling from a cloud.

    The rains came late that year.

Forms

Plural
rains → rainfalls, showers, peltings…
Past participle
rained
e.g. rained → drizzled, misted, sprinkled, mizzled…

Example sentences

  • mist The land could just be discerned through the mist.
  • drizzle Tom opened his umbrella as it began to drizzle.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
rainrising
mistrising
drizzlerising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
mist1
6 letters
shower2, mizzle
7 letters
drizzle2, pelting2
8 letters
rainfall2, sprinkle2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (shower2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
pleuvoir
Italiano
piovere
Deutsch
regnen