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Synonyms for waterfall

Most common

falls cascade catadupe

All synonyms

Noun

1. Falls — A flow of water over the edge of a cliff

falls, cascade, cataract, force UK, sault US CA, foss UK, fosse US, catadupe, forcefall rare

Other

line, fall

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A flow of water over the edge of a cliff.

Forms

Plural
waterfalls → cascades, cataracts, forces, saults…

Example sentences

  • falls Snow falls silently and piles up ... on top of me.
  • cascade He caused them to cascade down.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
waterfallrising
fallssteady
cascaderising

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

By length

4 letters
line1, fall1, foss1
5 letters
force1, falls1, sault1, fosse1
7 letters
cascade2
8 letters
cataract3, catadupe
9 letters
forcefall

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (cascade2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
cascade
Italiano
cascata
Español
cascada
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