Synonyms of the word

cloudburst

• n. A sudden heavy rainstorm.

deluge

• n. A great flood or rain.
• n. An overwhelming amount of something; anything that overwhelms or causes great destruction.
• n. (Military engineering) A damage control system on navy warships which is activated by excessive temperature…
• v. (transitive) To flood with water.
• v. (transitive) To overwhelm.

downpour

• n. a heavy rain.
• v. (intransitive) To pour down; rain heavily.

pelter

• n. One who pelts.
• n. A pinchpenny; a mean, sordid person; a miser; a skinflint.

rain

• n. Condensed water falling from a cloud.
• n. (figuratively) Any matter moving or falling, usually through air, and especially if liquid or otherwise…
• n. (figuratively) An instance of particles or larger pieces of matter moving or falling through air.
• v. (impersonal) To have rain fall from the sky.
• v. To fall as or like rain.
• v. (intransitive) To fall like rain.
• v. (transitive) To issue (something) in large quantities.

rainfall

• n. (meteorology) the amount of rain that falls on a single occasion.

soaker

• n. One who, or that which, soaks.
• n. A person suffering from alcoholism.
• n. A kind of knitted woollen diaper.

torrent

• n. A violent flow, as of water, lava, etc.; a stream suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice.
• n. (figuratively) A large amount or stream of something.
• adj. Rolling or rushing in a rapid stream.
• n. (Internet, file sharing) A set of files obtainable through a peer-to-peer network, especially BitTorrent.
• v. (Internet slang, transitive) To download in a torrent.

waterspout

• n. a tornado that occurs over a body of water.
• n. a channel through which water is discharged, especially from the gutters of a roof.