MONSOON Synonyms: 13 Similar and Opposite Words

monsoon

noun

Definition of monsoon

as in downpour

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Recent Examples of monsoon The title reminded him of fruit being gathered before the monsoon season. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2026 Still, concerns over China’s slowing domestic economy and India’s weak monsoon could temper inflows, analysts said. — Tasneem Nashrulla, semafor.com, 7 July 2026 Every day is like summer, at the end of this long monsoon season. — Horatio Clare, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 June 2026 One released a chaff cascade—hell’s own monsoon manifesting as specks of light, sound, and EM pulses falling through the hanging garden. — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 26 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for monsoon

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On Role Model Hermit, their full-length debut, drums fall like the last fat drops of a midday downpour.

— Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 7 July 2026
Florida is notorious for daily afternoon summer thunderstorms where lightning and torrential downpours keep drivers off of the track.

— Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

Definition of downpour

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The blue deluge within the party swept more moderate Democrat Mills from the race in April before the first ballot was cast, but now centrist figures of her ilk cast blame on progressives for failing to heed Platner's problems.

— Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 9 July 2026
The big story After a slow start in 2026, India, one of the world's busiest markets for public listings, was gearing up for a deluge of stock market offerings worth $50 billion.

— Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 9 July 2026

Definition of deluge

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Many countries, already facing political storms and serious fiscal problems, will struggle to meaningfully cut their welfare systems or change their spending models, said Andrew Kenningham, chief Europe economist at Capital Economics.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 8 July 2026
In Taiwan, some farmers rushed to harvest their rice ahead of the storm, which was expected late Friday.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026

Definition of storm

Noun

Last year, cloudbursts, floods and landslides caused significant loss of life and property across India.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026
The storm, which hit the New York area in October, 2012, unlocked billions of dollars in resilience spending, with hurricanes, rather than heat waves or cloudbursts, as the focus.

— Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026

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