Thesaurus results for WATERFALL

waterfall

noun

ˈwȯ-tər-ˌfȯl

as in cascade

a fall of water usually from a great height I used to like to throw sticks in the stream and watch them go over the waterfall

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Recent Examples of waterfall Hike the rather easygoing trails to see all the vegetation, small animal life, and waterfalls. —

Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 May 2026 This spring, just outside the dining room, Shahniani will add the Expoterrace, a relaxing patio with a fountain, waterfalls and lush plants inspired by Living with the Land at Epcot in Florida. —

Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2026 Guests looking to escape the hustle of life are surrounded by 60 acres of redwood forests, with ocean views, caves, waterfalls, and hiking trails among it all. —

Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 1 May 2026 The best ones can place in your mind’s eye an indelible image of an inaccessible summit, a raging waterfall, or a lonely desert. —

Emma Sarappo, The Atlantic, 1 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for waterfall

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cascade

Noun

He was found dead by suicide in his jail cell that August — the result of what federal investigators concluded in 2023 was a cascade of misconduct, negligence and errors by staff at the Metropolitan Correctional Center.

— Tom Winter, NBC news, 7 May 2026
Dwyer knew that a Russian physicist, Aleksandr Gurevich, had shown in 1992 that such a runaway electron could unleash a cascade of perhaps 100,000 electrons, akin to the avalanches that initiate sparks in the lab but playing out over hundreds to thousands of meters.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 6 May 2026