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shower

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of shower

1 a heavy fall of objects

  • a shower of books fell from the collapsing shelves
Synonyms of shower

hail, rain, storm
Words Related to shower

barrage, bombardment, broadside, cannonade, fusillade, salvo, volley

flood, gush, rush, spate, torrent

eruption, outbreak, outburst

2 a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once

  • a shower of insults and curses rained down on the criminal as he was led through the crowd
Synonyms of shower

barrage, blitz, blitzkrieg, bombardment, cannonade, drumbeat, drumfire, flurry, fusillade, hail, salvo, storm, volley
Words Related to shower

broadside, earful

avalanche, burst, cataclysm, cataract, deluge, discharge, engulfment, flood, flood tide, flush, gush, inundation, outburst, outflow, outpouring, overflow, rash, spate, surge, torrent

current, river, stream, tide

excess, glut, overabundance, overage, overkill, overmuch, oversupply, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplus
Near Antonyms of shower

dribble, drip, trickle

shower

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of shower

to give readily and in large quantities

  • showered gifts on the guests of honor
Synonyms of shower

heap, lavish, pour, rain
Words Related to shower

gush, stream

flood, inundate, overflow, overwhelm, swamp

bombard, hail
Near Antonyms of shower

hold back, keep, reserve, retain, withhold

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