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 Following a pause so dramatically long that Affleck looked confused as to what was happening, celebratory lights began flashing and confetti rained down. — Erin Jensen, USA Today, 30 July 2026 Boo birds rained down at various points, and the stands started to thin out in the later innings. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 29 July 2026 The smell that’s coming to mind, which is my like favorite smell of the desert, is after it’s rained, which is obviously rare. — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2026 With the Ball Hogs facing a daunting 26-17 halftime deficit against the Riot, Pargo took over and rained down multiple long-distance buckets to completely turn the game on its head. — Juan Carlos Blanco, Forbes.com, 12 July 2026 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for rained

Verb

Tributes poured in across the soccer world following the news.

— Uriel Blanco, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
But now, as the sun poured through the third-floor atrium of the Bloom Center, Riley couldn’t help but point out the symbolism of such an ambitious undertaking actually coming to life.

— Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of poured

Verb

Saldaña, Kidman, and the rest of the team milled about a romantic and moody bar as servers circulated with plates heaped with Sarti spritzes and caviar.

— Kenneal Patterson, Vanity Fair, 30 July 2026
The attacks have heaped pressure on Russia’s economy, which is already grappling with the worst fuel shortages since the fall of the Soviet Union.

— Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 15 July 2026

Definition of heaped

Verb

Spain erected a 1,600-foot sea barrier off Ceuta after tens of thousands of migrants stormed the frontier, a deadly rush that left at least 67 dead.

— Sergio Rodrigo Ruíz, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2026
Sami and Finn brawled with Gunther before Nick Aldis stormed out and got the better of Gunther in a brawl of his own.

— Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Definition of stormed

Verb

While many soccer fans and media observers have given Fox a mixed report card compared with ESPN, Pitaro lavished praise on his competitor.

— Dade Hayes, Deadline, 16 July 2026
Although much attention was lavished on their July 1986 royal wedding, their married life was complicated by scandal.

— Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 11 July 2026

Definition of lavished

Verb

Upon hearing the news, East Germans flooded to the wall’s checkpoints, demanding to cross.

— Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026
By nearly every measure, President Claudia Sheinbaum is taking the fight to the cartels that have flooded America’s streets for decades.

— Chris Shays, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of flooded

Verb

But for all the praise Boone showered on Lombard on Friday, the skipper didn’t want to put any sort of timeline on his ETA or comment on whatever boxes the farmhand may still need to check.

— Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 25 July 2026
On visits to Newcastle for talk-ins or events, he was showered with love.

— George Caulkin, New York Times, 21 July 2026

Definition of showered

Verb

Their letter precipitated the launch of the Manhattan Project and, six years later, the bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

— Michael Posner, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Rethink Trade director Lori Wallach cautioned against viewing the first-half 2025-to-2026 contraction in the deficit as an all-out win, given that there were special circumstances that precipitated it.

— Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 6 Aug. 2026