Synonyms for

Rained

Verb / reɪnd / Another word for rained — explore alternatives below. For syllable breakdowns and pronunciation, see this word on Syllablesworld.

Definition

to have water fall from the sky

Synonyms & similar words

rain raindown precipitated drizzled showered sprinkled poured stormed cloudburst misted dropped spilled drenched hurled teemed flooded cascaded deluged monsooned spouted bucked gushed

Synonyms by register

Formal

precipitated deluged

Informal

poured drizzled came down

Literary

wept descended

Antonyms

dried cleared shone calmed stilled droughted

Common collocations

  • it rained cats and dogs
  • rained heavily
  • rained all day
  • rained buckets
  • rained continuously
  • rained hard
  • rained for hours

Word family

noun rain
verb rain
adjective rainy
adverb rainily

Usage note

The past tense 'rained' is commonly used in phrases like 'it rained heavily' or 'it rained all day'. It is the past tense of the verb 'to rain'.

Example sentences

  1. The flowers need to be watered after it has rained.
  2. I forgot my umbrella and got soaked when it rained on my way home.
  3. The weatherman said it was going to rain today.
  4. The little boy was sad because it rained on his birthday party.
  5. We cancelled our picnic because it rained all day.

Quotes

  • "Life's not about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning to dance in the rain." - Vivian Greene
  • "The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain." - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
  • "Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet." - Bob Marley

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