Synonyms of cataracts

cataracts

noun

plural of cataract

1

as in waterfalls

a fall of water usually from a great height

the roaring cataract is one of the park's most majestic sights

Synonyms & Similar Words

• waterfalls
• rapids
• falls
• cascades
• chutes
• shutes
• flumes
• shoots
• white waters

2

as in floods

a great flow of water or of something that overwhelms

in spring the melting snows usually produce a cataract that inundates the valley

Synonyms & Similar Words

• floods
• torrents
• streams
• inundations
• rivers
• tides
• Niagaras
• baths
• waterfalls
• flood tides
• avalanches
• blizzards
• overflows
• deluges
• cataclysms
• influxes
• spates
• alluvions
• cascades
• cloudbursts
• currents
• washouts
• outflows
• flushes
• outpourings
• fluxes
• inflows
• excesses
• surpluses
• discharges
• gushes
• surfeits
• gluts
• engulfments
• overages
• overabundances
• overmuch
• superfluities
• oversupplies
• superabundances
• overkills

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• droughts
• drips
• drouths
• trickles
• dribbles