RAINING Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

raining

verb

present participle of rain

as in pouring

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 showering

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 raining By then, Carolina led 20-3 and boos were raining down on the Falcons offense on every single series from the home crowd. — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 20 Sep. 2026 Last November, the Wolverines came to Mohegan Sun and gave UConn its toughest test before March, raining threes to nearly overcome an early huge Huskies lead. — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 19 Sep. 2026 Pressure began been raining down on Bonta in recent weeks, from politicians to industry players to some guilds. — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 1 Sep. 2026 Iranian drones, ballistic missiles and other projectiles have been raining down on US bases and allies across the Middle East. — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026 The inescapable sounds of rejection and resentment should’ve long been raining down from the Dawg Pound and ringing in the ears of the bosses who divided this fanbase by dolling up a flawed man as their franchise quarterback. — Candace Buckner, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026 In January 2025, SpaceX's Starship exploded on its seventh test flight, raining fiery debris over the Atlantic Ocean near the Turks and Caicos islands. — Brett Tingley, Space.com, 19 Aug. 2026 And now, there's a massive blob of rain heading right for this area where it's been raining for five days. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2026 The lift had to be powerful enough to blast the massive orb into the sky, and the shell had to explode at just the right moment, without raining flaming debris. — Paige Williams, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026

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Thailand’s Meteorological Department warned that the deluge, which has been pouring since Thursday afternoon, would continue in most parts of the country through Sunday.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Sep. 2026
Saudi Arabia is, of course, the world’s biggest exporter of crude oil, pouring millions of barrels a day into the global market and giving the kingdom unmatched influence on prices – and, ultimately, on how much Americans pay at the pump.

— Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026

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The man then appears to stab and slash the tires of a bicycle in front of the building before storming off, the video shows.

— Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 24 Sep. 2026
Their new perch at the Bab el-Mandeb Strait at the southern end of the Red Sea after storming down Yemen’s coast this month gives them better surveillance of passing ships on one of the world’s busiest waterways.

— Fatma Khaled, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026