cataract

cataract

noun

Definition of CATARACT

1

a fall of water usually from a great height <the roaring cataract is one of the park's most majestic sights>

Synonyms cascade, cataract, fall(s)

Related Words flume; chute (also shute), rapid(s), shoot, white water

2

a great flow of water or of something that overwhelms <in spring the melting snows usually produce a cataract that inundates the valley>

Synonyms alluvion, bath, cataclysm, cataract, deluge, flood tide, inundation, Niagara, overflow, spate, torrent

Related Words current, river, stream, tide; cloudburst, discharge, flush, gush, outflow, outpouring; flux, inflow, influx; engulfment, washout; avalanche, blizzard; cascade, waterfall; excess, glut, overabundance, overage, overkill, overmuch, oversupply, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplus

Near Antonyms dribble, drip, trickle

Antonyms drought (also drouth)