RAINED Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

rained

verb

past tense of rain

as in poured

to fall as water in a continuous stream of drops from the clouds it started raining early this morning and hasn't let up since

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as in heaped

to give readily and in large quantities she rained praise upon her graduating students the squadron rained bombs on the enemy's fortifications

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Recent Examples of rained The plane crashed into the 109-story CITIC Tower in China's capital city on Friday, June 26, sending members of the public fleeing as debris rained down from the sky, as seen in videos surfacing online. — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 27 June 2026 Body parts and munitions rained down on. — Christopher Derose, CBS News, 26 June 2026 But in the match’s two mandatory hydration breaks, loud boos rained down from the stands. — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 June 2026 Up in the stands, fans waved their own flags — including some sneaked in over the objections of FIFA and the courts — and wrestled with emotions, as boos, howls and hisses rained down from all corners of the stadium. — Rick Maese, Washington Post, 16 June 2026 While the majority of the rock vaporized, the remaining fragments rained down harmlessly into the waters of Cape Cod Bay. — Shawn Laatsch, The Conversation, 15 June 2026 After Diego Lopes’ finish of Steve Garcia in the opener, beer rained from the sky as zealous fans threw cups — doubling as a nod of gratitude to the clouds overhead, which held back from dumping actual rain and thunderstorms that had threatened the evening. — Mark Puleo, New York Times, 15 June 2026 Stones as large as grapefruits rained down on houses and cars. — Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 June 2026 The crowd wasn’t quiet for long, however, as Clark once again put the Hughes jersey back on for his walk to the green, and the boos rained down. — Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2026

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Verb

Gordon, the only sitting judge who spent multiple days on the bus, poured over documents and sequestered himself with a laptop and a cell phone video call in a back corner.

— Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 11 July 2026
The scale alone — several million visitors have poured through the country over the tournament’s five-week run — has made the World Cup both a massive sporting spectacle and a test of logistical and policy coordination on an unprecedented level.

— Daniel Ross Goodman, The Washington Examiner, 11 July 2026

Definition of poured

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Almost daily long-range attacks on Russian oil facilities have created a fuel crisis and heaped political pressure on the Kremlin as its all-out invasion of Ukraine stretches into its fifth year.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 July 2026
Almost daily long-range attacks on Russian oil facilities have created a fuel crisis and heaped political pressure on the Kremlin as its all-out invasion of Ukraine stretches into its fifth year.

— Dasha Litvinova, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026

Definition of heaped

Verb

The puncher, who was wearing a white shirt and shorts, white socks and black crocs, stormed off and has not been caught.

— Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 5 July 2026
With Lionel Messi, then 35, defying nature in Tom Brady-like fashion, Argentina stormed to its third World Cup title, which worked in Telemundo’s favor.

— Dade Hayes, Deadline, 3 July 2026

Definition of stormed

Verb

The old temples of Tamil Nadu are a treasure-trove of forms incised on stone or magicked from brass, and lavished daily with fruit and flowers, incense and sandalwood, music and light.

— Chandrahas Choudhury, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 July 2026
Likewise, Wong’s bricks are beyond compare in the attention lavished on each individual building block.

— Lori Waxman, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2026

Definition of lavished

Verb

Graphic videos of the shooting flooded social media and politicians on both sides of the aisle condemned the killing – one example of the political violence roiling America in recent years.

— Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 11 July 2026
The pipes had clogged and the room was flooded with sewage coming up a drain.

— Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026

Definition of flooded

Verb

Still, no punches thrown from his direction on the way out, beyond the social-media trail that seemingly precipitated the Friday fracas with Adebayo.

— Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 11 July 2026
Grave loss in Canada precipitated the Declaration of Independence, created with an eye to France and Spain as allies.

— Sarah M.S. Pearsall, The Conversation, 2 July 2026