monsoon

noun

Definition of monsoonnext
as in downpour

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Recent Examples of monsoon Continue reading … DESERT SECRETS — Nancy Guthrie's Tucson neighborhood searched again after monsoon shifts landscape. — FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2026 Amidst this monsoon, the two friends argue in the car, bringing up wounds, both old and current. — Erin Qualey, Vulture, 3 Aug. 2026 On the morning of Monday, July 20, as the monsoon session of India’s parliament opened, tens of thousands of protesters surged down the radial streets leading to the heart of official New Delhi. — Jonathan Mingle, The New York Review of Books, 1 Aug. 2026 With better lighting, and a home that did not fill up with mud and water during every monsoon, her children began to perform well in school. — Kamala Thiagarajan, NPR, 1 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for monsoon
Recent Examples of Synonyms for monsoon
  1. downpour
  2. deluge
  3. storm
  4. cloudburst
Noun
  • Torrential downpours routinely inundate roads and railway lines, disrupt air and rail traffic.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • With the high humidity back in place, any storms that develop will be capable of producing torrential downpours that could lead to flash flooding.
    — Matthew Villafane, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of downpour
Noun
  • The deluge stranded thousands at Soga Station and Narita Airport during Japan’s busy Bon holiday week, exposing sewer systems overwhelmed by rapid urbanization and prompting emergency evacuations and shelters across Chiba.
    — Mari Yamaguchi, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The deluge of executive departures at OpenAI continues, as the company announced Denise Dresser would be leaving yesterday.
    — Preston Fore, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of deluge
Noun
  • Much of Northwest Indiana remains without power as residents there started cleaning up debris from severe storms.
    — Marissa Sulek, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Avoiding the storm-hindering winds would give it a better shot at becoming a tropical depression or storm.
    — Robin Webb, Sun Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of storm
Noun
  • Another cloudburst is already forming somewhere over the horizon.
    — Ravi S. Bhalla, New York Daily News, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Last year, cloudbursts, floods and landslides caused significant loss of life and property across India.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026
Definition of cloudburst

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“Monsoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monsoon. Accessed 18 Aug. 2026.

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