RAINLESS Synonyms: 106 Similar and Opposite Words

rainless

adjective

Definition of rainless

as in cloudless

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as in arid

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Recent Examples of rainless The state also has a Mediterranean climate where invasive grasses, originally imported by European colonizers and their farm animals, flourish madly after winter rains and then die back during rainless summers. — Ingfei Chen, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026 As Florida’s winter dry season stretched into a near rainless wet season, the central Everglades has withered into extreme drought conditions. — Jenny Staletovich, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026 Overwatering Problems In Vegetable Gardens During the hot, rainless summers in the South, giving a vegetable garden more and more water seems ideal to keep plants looking perky and their produce growing larger. — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 8 May 2026 Drought hangs like a dark, rainless cloud over the borderlands. — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 26 Mar. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for rainless

Adjective

On a serene, cloudless day, these cars need only exchange thimblefuls of data with one another.

— Ana I. Pérez-Neira, IEEE Spectrum, 7 Apr. 2026
Outside, the sky was cloudless; the temperature had hovered for weeks around sixty degrees.

— Nell Freudenberger, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026

Definition of cloudless

Adjective

Saudi Arabia’s largely arid landscape is dotted by about a million prehistoric stone structures, but Al-Rajajil remains the most famous.

— Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Oct. 2026
Suzana Aguiar is a fifth-generation cotton grower from a semi-arid region of Brazil.

— Bart Vollaard, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of arid

Adjective

Recently, the sector has been affected by El Nino, which brings weak monsoons and dry weather, reducing yields and sucrose recovery.

— Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
My complexion tends to be dry in some areas and oily in others, so striking the balance between glow and grease can be tricky.

— Lucy Partington, Glamour, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of dry

Adjective

With her huge yellow hair, chambray-blue wardrobe, and sunshiny radiance, Parton was engineered to beam straight through the screen into every American home.

— David Kamp, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2026
Create a sunshiny mix by planting pale yellow 'Moonbeam' alongside the richer, more golden 'Zagreb,' Yost says.

— Ann Hinga Klein, Martha Stewart, 7 May 2026

Definition of sunshiny

Adjective

While urban areas like Los Angeles are under mandatory drought restrictions to reduce strain on state reservoirs, many rural residents reliant on groundwater wells are waterless.

— Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 27 Nov. 2022
Other eco-friendly measures include a solid waste incinerator to turn waste into non-toxic ash and a waterless urinal to reduce unnecessary usage.

— Camille Fine, USA TODAY, 22 Aug. 2022

Definition of waterless

Adjective

The coming-of-age drama, based on Coffey’s life, follows a high school student with mild cerebral palsy trying to wrestle for the school’s scholastic wrestling team.

— Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 12 Oct. 2026
The mild sweetness of onions pairs naturally with tallow’s savory character, and when fried at the right temperature the coating turns crisp and golden without the onions losing their tender bite.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 12 Oct. 2026