Downpour
Downpour noun - A steady falling of water from the sky in significant quantity.
Usage example: the downpour was so heavy that we were soaked by the time we got to the car
Rainfall
Rainfall noun - A steady falling of water from the sky in significant quantity.
Usage example: a torrential rainfall washed away most of the little sprouts in our vegetable garden
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Synonyms for Rainfall
Downpour is a synonym for rainfall in rain topic. You can use "Downpour" instead a noun "Rainfall". popular alternative
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Rainfall and Downpour. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/downpour/rainfall
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