downpour
Sudden heavy rain
A downpour is a sudden, heavy rain—the kind that soaks you in seconds: We got caught in a downpour on the way home.
The word emphasizes intensity and volume, as if rain were being poured from above rather than falling in drops.
Sudden heavy localized rainfall
- delugeSevere overflow of water
- torrentialFlowing in violent streams
- gullywasherExtremely heavy brief rainstorm
- drencherSomething that thoroughly wets
torrent · cascade · gush · sheets · buckets · cats and dogs · heavy rain · driving rain
Severe overflow of water
- floodOverwhelming water overflow
- torrentViolent rushing flow
- avalancheRapid mountain snow collapse
- barrageSustained, overwhelming attack
onslaught · outpouring · cascade · wave · surge · overwhelming · inundation · bombardment
Heavy precipitation event
- thunderstormViolent weather with lightning
- squallBrief, violent windstorm
- monsoonSeasonal tropical wind pattern
- tempestViolent windstorm or turmoil
storm system · nimbus · cumulonimbus · lightning · thunder · atmospheric · barometric · tropical
cloudburst
Sudden heavy localized rainfall
- delugeSevere overflow of water
- torrentialFlowing in violent streams
- gullywasherExtremely heavy brief rainstorm
drencher · torrent · cascade · gush · sheets · buckets · cats and dogs · heavy rain · driving rain · pelting
deluge
Severe overflow of water
barrage · onslaught · outpouring · cascade · wave · surge · overwhelming · inundation · bombardment
rainstorm
Heavy precipitation event
- thunderstormViolent weather with lightning
- squallBrief, violent windstorm
- monsoonSeasonal tropical wind pattern
tempest · storm system · nimbus · cumulonimbus · lightning · thunder · atmospheric · barometric · tropical · seasonal
flooding
Overwhelming water accumulation
waterlogged · sodden · dripping · puddles · runoff · mudslide · washout · erosion · overflow · swamped
umbrella
Handheld rain shelter
- awningMounted overhead shelter
- canopyOverhead protective covering
- overhangSection projecting beyond support
doorway · indoors · raincoat · poncho · galoshes · wait out · stranded · dashing · sprinting · huddled
- rainrain, drizzling, raindrop, raindrops, droplets
- weather termssunny, rainy, cloudy, stormy, snowy
- precipitationrain, snow, hail, drizzle, sleet
- Extreme Conditionsblizzard, hurricane, tornado, typhoon, heatwave
- rainfallrain, heavy rain, rainfall, light rain, precipitation
- severe weatherblizzard, hurricane, cyclone, hailstorm, ice storm
downpourdrizzle
Very light precipitation
sprinkle · mist · light rain · mizzle · spit
downpourdrought
Prolonged water scarcity
dry spell · aridity · dryness · rainlessness · clear skies