What does downpour mean?
Downpour means A heavy fall of rain..
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/ˈdaʊn.pɔː(ɹ)/ · noun
A heavy fall of rain..
They got caught in a downpour without an umbrella and came back soaked.
I left Inverness on a Saturday afternoon in July in a steady downpour of rain.
Bank-notes fluttered down and lay about in all directions, relays of sovereigns rolled away like so much dross, bonds and scrip for thousands and tens of thousands clogged the downpouring stream of jewellery and unset gems.
It started to downpour, so Billy and I made our way back to our house, with Scotty following—or so I thought.
Use downpour when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Downpour means A heavy fall of rain..
Common synonyms include cloudburst, plash, pourdown, rainstorm.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
They got caught in a downpour without an umbrella and came back soaked.
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