Issue
Issue verb - To produce and release for distribution in printed form.
Rain
Rain verb - To fall as water in a continuous stream of drops from the clouds.
How words are described
| similar | similar issue | similar rain |
| regular | regular issue | regular rain |
| original | original issue | original rain |
| small | small issue | small rain |
| Other adjectives: actual, real, constant, little, infamous, personal, hot, frequent, next, different, aforementioned. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Transmetropolitan at the end of each issue, the three eyed smiley face would be shown in a way somehow related to the content of the issue (walking in the rain, smoking a cigarette, etc.)
Source: Couch Gag / Comic Books - In one issue they had to remove the Weirdness Censor to cast a powerful spell to make it rain, relying temporarily on the rain itself to keep people out of their business.
Source: Middle-of-Nowhere Street -
Dysfunction Junction: Pretty much everyone on the team has an issue, be it drugs, rape, parental abandonment... Empathic Environment: There is rain when Teddy decides to temporarily part from Billy.
Source: Comic Book / Young Avengers
Cite this Source
Rain and Issue. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 12, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/issue/rain
Issue & Rain. N.p., 2016. Web. 12 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/issue/rain>.
Rain or Issue. 2016. Accessed August 12, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/issue/rain.
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