Definition for Downpour:

• A heavy continuous pour of rain.

Synonyms for Downpour:

• n.

  •
  • band,
  • curtain,
  • acid rain.
  •
  • big,
  • overflow,
  • spate,
  • cataclysm.
  •
  • sprinkle.
  •deluge (noun)
  • deluge.
  •downpour (noun)
  • soaker,
  • waterspout,
  • pelter.
  •flood (noun)
  • glut,
  • alluvion,
  • tsunamis,
  • outgushing,
  • Drencher,
  • flood,
  • niagaras,
  • tsunami,
  • outpouring,
  • surplus.
  •storm (noun)
  • precips,
  • raining cats dog,
  • raining cats dogs,
  • raining cats and dog.
  •torrent (noun)
  • out burst,
  • out-burst,
  • out-bursts,
  • out bursts.
  •tremendous pouring of rain (noun)
  • inundation,
  • torrential rain.
  •washout (noun)
  • fiasco,
  • washout.

• v.

  •shower (verb)
  • come down buckets,
  • comes down in buckets,
  • comes down buckets,
  • came down buckets,
  • coming down buckets,
  • downpoured,
  • coming down in buckets,
  • downpouring,
  • came down in buckets.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • rainwater,
  • raindrop,
  • flooding,
  • blizzard,
  • rain,
  • whiteout,
  • dewdrop,
  • puddle,
  • snowdrift,
  • snowman,
  • snowfield,
  • avalanche,
  • rainbow,
  • snowflake,
  • niagara,
  • rain off,
  • rain out,
  • dew,
  • hailstorm,
  • snow,
  • hailstone,
  • snowfall.
  •
  • flurry,
  • cataract,
  • sheet,
  • freshet,
  • snowball.
  •
  • hail.
  •
  • shower.
  •condensation
  • precipitation.

Paraphrases for Downpour:

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    rainfall.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    precipitation.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    rainstorm, rain.

Antonyms for Downpour:

• n.

  • tremendous pouring of rain
    sprinkle.
  • Other antonyms:
    scud.

Downpour Sentence Examples:

• There were first several separate showers, and then a steady downpour, which lasted almost till we reached Pahuatlan.

• This seemed a splendid piece of fortune, but, to their mortification, before they could get one of them skinned, a tremendous downpour of rain ensued, so as to make it out of their power to have a fire, for their only form of fuel was moss.

Homophones for Downpour:

• denver, damper, done for, dnieper, dumper.