Synonyms of cascades

cascades 1 of 2

noun

plural of cascade

as in waterfalls

a fall of water usually from a great height

the river forms a series of cascades as it drops a total of 200 feet in elevation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• waterfalls
• rapids
• falls
• cataracts
• chutes
• flumes
• shoots
• white waters

cascades

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of cascade

1

as in streams

Related Words

• streams
• jets
• issues
• gushes
• squirts
• spurts
• rolls
• rushes
• spouts
• pours
• splashes
• sloshes
• surges
• runs
• washes
• spews
• swooshes
• swells
• flushes
• floods
• overflows
• sluices
• deluges
• inundates
• plashes
• fountains
• overwhelms
• engulfs
• drowns
• swamps
• submerges
• submerses

Dissimilar Words

• drops
• trickles
• drips
• dribbles
• leaks
• sprinkles
• seeps
• percolates
• oozes
• bleeds
• strains
• exudes
• weeps
• spatters

2

as in depends

Related Words

• depends
• falls
• overhangs
• protrudes
• strings
• extends (out)
• balances
• juts
• poises
• projects
• drapes
• sticks out
• festoons
• pins
• garlands
• mounts
• dangles
• hooks
• tacks
• swings
• suspends
• hangs
• slings

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cascades

Noun

Additional cascades spinning would allow Iran to quickly enrich uranium under the mountain’s protection. — Jon Gambrell, Fortune, 24 July 2026

The water system alone, which cost more than $7 million, features five lakes interwoven throughout the course that are connected by a network of flowing streams and punctuated by multiple cascades and waterfalls. — Erik Matuszewski, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Drive northwest to the antique capital, New Norfolk, and further on to the rushing cascades of Mount Field National Park and Russell Falls. — Riley Wilson, Travel + Leisure, 19 June 2026

Visit after a hard rain for the most dramatic cascades. — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 8 June 2026

Wrapped around a rubbery bassline that Peter ran through a guitar amp and played straight into a laptop, the song is confident and brassy, sauntering around as Kellie Eden’s trumpet cascades from above and the band’s co-vocalists provide pop harmonies. — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 8 May 2026

If one of Dwyer’s cascades, or any other process driven purely by the electric field, was seeding the lightning bolt, the proto-bolt would move perfectly in line with the electric field from the very beginning of the process. — Quanta Magazine, 6 May 2026

The aqueous action scenes — cascades of water swirling around aerial charges — should play out nicely on the big screen during the film’s theatrical release. — Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 1 May 2026

Mornings stretch slowly over strong coffee and views of the turquoise Aegean and afternoons are for swimming at golden beaches, exploring stone pathways punctuated by hot pink cascades of bougainvillea, or doing nothing at all. — Bailey Berg, Architectural Digest, 16 Apr. 2026