RAINFALL Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

rainfall

noun

ˈrān-ˌfȯl

as in rain

a steady falling of water from the sky in significant quantity a torrential rainfall washed away most of the little sprouts in our vegetable garden

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Recent Examples of rainfall The heaviest rain will move into the Bay Area on Tuesday afternoon and evening, when rainfall rates could be more than 1 inch per hour, forecasts show. —

Max Golembo, ABC News, 4 Feb. 2025 This week will also stay relatively dry compared to the surge of rainfall that fell last week. —

Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Feb. 2025 The region has had less than 10% of average rainfall since Oct. 1. —

Dennis Romero, NBC News, 1 Feb. 2025 What To Know The alert, which will be in effect from Wednesday evening through Thursday afternoon, covers Sevier, Howard, and Little River Counties in Arkansas, as well as McCurtain County in Oklahoma, where rainfall rates could overwhelm local drainage systems. —

Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for rainfall