CATARACT Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

cataract

noun

ˈka-tə-ˌrakt

Definition of cataract

as in waterfall

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

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as in flood

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

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Noun

The tourism website’s Instagram page also shows nearby waterfalls and mountain ridges steeped in fall colors.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 19 Sep. 2026
For more remote beauty, the islands of Admiralty, Baranof, and Chichagof give you the chance to indulge in natural hot springs—along with all the fjords, glaciers, and waterfalls in between.

— Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of waterfall

Noun

Technology analysts and traders are not buying the flood of warnings about the dangers of artificial intelligence and the need to slow down development that have recently come from frontier model platforms.

— Tobias Burns, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026
In one scene, the couple turns up the music while the sound of ambulance sirens floods the streets.

— Jourdain Searles, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of flood

Noun

Photographs from the visit indicate gas centrifuge cascades are installed on both the upper and lower floors of the main building, the report said, adding the building could accommodate up to 28 of the cascades shown in the photographs.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026
The data-center backlash and the cascade explanation are not mutually exclusive.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of cascade

Noun

Close in, a comet is battered by the torrent of the sun's solar wind, which pushes the comet's material away into a distinctive tail.

— Rahul Rao, Space.com, 14 Sep. 2026
From wars – a Civil War, even – to presidential assassinations, fires, hurricanes, floods and what seems to be an unrelenting torrent of gun violence, our nation has seen its share of horror.

— Mike Kelly, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026

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