Entry Word: rain

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a steady falling of water from the sky in significant quantity <Mom yelled at us to come in out of the rain before we caught cold>

Synonyms cloudburst, deluge, downpour, rainfall, rainstorm, storm, wet

Related Words precipitation, shower; thunderstorm

Near Antonyms drizzle, mist, sprinkle

2 a heavy fall of objects <the Norman invaders fled when the castleʼs defenders threw a rain of stones down upon them>

Synonyms hail, shower, storm

Related Words barrage, broadside, cannonade, fusillade, salvo, volley; flood, gush, rush, spate, torrent; eruption, outbreak, outburst