rain gear

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rain gear
Noun
  • Performance rainwear remains at the forefront, with lightweight ripstop styles featuring a waterproof membrane, full seam sealing, and waterproof zippers, while other designs integrate mesh liners for breathability and a specialized membrane for water repellency.
    Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 22 May 2025
  • There are pieces from the new Highlands family of bags, which features the Burberry check and has a coated finish inspired by rainwear.
    Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 22 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The state’s newest theory is that Zeigler wore a raincoat while shooting his wife and mother-in-law (who was shot with two different guns) and struggling with his father-in-law — despite the customer having the father-in-law’s blood soaked into his pants.
    Gail Hollenbeck, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Inside one of the ship’s battery rooms, an inspector wearing a hi-vis orange U.S. Coast Guard raincoat was examining its hybrid-electric system.
    Adam Iscoe, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • For decades leading up to 2015, Trump cultivated an image as the very picture of American success: A distinctive-looking New York City man in a suit and trench coat with a big ego, big ambitions, big mouth, who built big buildings.
    Isaac Schorr, The Washington Examiner, 8 Aug. 2025
  • There’s nothing wrong with keeping it simple—overalls serve as a great complement to classic turtlenecks, jackets, button-downs, and trench coats.
    Erika Veurink, Vogue, 29 July 2025
Noun
  • Developed by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber and based on the best-selling book by Taylor Jenkins Reid, the limited series follows a fictional rock band that’s loosely inspired by Fleetwood mack on their journey through the 1970s Los Angeles music scene.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 13 Apr. 2023
  • The characters gather in their staterooms or at dinner to rehash grievances, dig for details about Streep's new novel or mack on the ship's eligible bachelors, including a bestselling mystery novelist for whom Streep does not bother to disguise her contempt.
    Chris Hewitt, Star Tribune, 10 Dec. 2020
Noun
  • These overalls are 100% waterproof and windproof and lined for freezing weather conditions.
    Christopher Murray may earn a commission if you buy through our referral links. This content was created by a team that works independently from the Fox newsroom., FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2025
  • No such luck for the vast crowds at Silverstone attending the British Grand Prix this past weekend, who definitely needed their waterproofs.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 7 July 2025
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“Rain gear.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rain%20gear. Accessed 23 Aug. 2025.

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