torrential rain
Sheets from above
Torrential rain is rainfall so heavy and intense that it falls in sheets or floods, overwhelming drains and reducing visibility: The torrential rain turned streets into rivers within minutes.
The phrase emphasizes volume and force—not just heavy rain, but rain that seems to pour rather than fall.
- downpourIntense precipitation event
- cloudburstSudden heavy localized rainfall
- floodingOverwhelming water accumulation
- delugeSevere overflow of water
- drenchingMaking thoroughly wet
coming down hard · soaked to the bone · monsoon · wet season · tropical storm · pelting · landslide · thunderstorm · flash flood · storm drain · bucketing · blinding · sluicing · intense · precipitation · weather warning · relentless · gullywasher
- raindrizzling, downpour, droplets, drops, sprinkle
- precipitationsnow, hail, drizzle, sleet, snowfall
- monsoonmonsoon winds, wet season, downpour, seasonal floods, wind shift
- rainfallprecipitation, drizzle, downpour, shower, wet season
- downpoursdownpour, cloudburst, deluge, pouring, bucketing
- Thunderstormslightning, thunder, thunderstorm, lightning strike, thunderclap
torrential raindrizzle
Very light precipitation
light rain · mist · sprinkle · scattered showers · intermittent rain
torrential raindrought
Prolonged water scarcity
dry spell · clear skies · fair weather · sunshine · dry heat
rain, rainy, raining, rainfall, torrent, rainstorm, raindrop, rained, raindrops