Synonyms of showers

showers 1 of 2

noun

plural of shower

1

as in rains

a heavy fall of objects

a shower of books fell from the collapsing shelves

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rains
• barrages
• storms
• hails
• floods
• torrents
• volleys
• bombardments
• cannonades
• salvos
• fusillades
• spates
• rushes
• outbreaks
• eruptions
• gushes
• outbursts
• salvoes
• broadsides

2

as in barrages

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 & Similar Words

• barrages
• flurries
• torrents
• floods
• volleys
• bombardments
• hails
• storms
• tides
• cannonades
• salvos
• drumbeats
• fusillades
• blitzkriegs
• rashes
• blitzes
• salvoes
• streams
• drumfires
• surges
• avalanches
• deluges
• flushes
• bursts
• outbursts
• outflows
• rivers
• spates
• inundations
• discharges
• overflows
• outpourings
• gushes
• currents
• cataracts
• earfuls
• flood tides
• surpluses
• cataclysms
• excesses
• gluts
• broadsides
• engulfments
• oversupplies
• overages
• surfeits
• overabundances
• superfluities
• overkills
• overmuch
• superabundances

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• drips
• trickles
• dribbles

• drips
• trickles
• dribbles

showers

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verb

present tense third-person singular of shower

as in pours

to give readily and in large quantities

showered gifts on the guests of honor

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rains
• pours
• heaps
• lavishes
• floods
• streams
• swamps
• gushes
• overflows
• hails
• inundates
• overwhelms
• bombards

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• keeps
• withholds
• reserves
• retains
• holds back

• keeps
• withholds
• reserves
• retains
• holds back