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cataract

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of cataract

1 a fall of water usually from a great height

the roaring cataract is one of the parkʼs most majestic sights

Synonyms of cataract

cascade, fall(s), waterfall

Words Related to cataract

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 of cataract

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

Words Related to cataract

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 of cataract

dribble, drip, trickle

Antonyms of cataract

drought (also drouth)

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