Downpour

Noun

 * 1) A heavy rain.
 * They got caught in a downpour without an umbrella and came back soaked.

Synonyms

 * cloudburst
 * deluge
 * rain
 * rainstorm
 * storm
 * wet
 * torrent
 * monsoon
 * inundation

Related terms

 * rain cats and dogs

Adjectives
torrential; thinning; increasing; steady; drenching; tropical.

Thesaurus
affluence, afflux, affluxion, brash, burst of rain, cascade, cataract, chute, cloudburst, collapse, comedown, concourse, confluence, conflux, course, crash, crosscurrent, current, debacle, declension, declination, defluxion, deluge, descending, descension, descent, down, downbend, downcome, downcurve, downfall, downflow, downgrade, downrush, downtrend, downturn, downward trend, drencher, drift, driftage, drop, dropping, fall, falling, flood, flow, flowing, fluency, flux, gravitation, gush, gushing rain, heavy rain, inclination, inflow, inundation, mill run, millrace, monsoon, onrush, onward course, outflow, plash, plummeting, pounce, pour, race, rainburst, rainspout, rainstorm, rapids, run, rush, scud, set, soaker, soaking rain, spate, spout, stoop, stream, surge, swoop, thunderstorm, tide, torrent, torrent of rain, trend, undercurrent, undertow, water flow, waterfall, waterspout

Translations

 * Arabic: وابل, مطر غزير,  شؤبوب
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: порой
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 傾盆大雨,  倾盆大雨
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:


 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, 土砂降り
 * Old Prussian: aglā
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: chaparrón, aguacero
 * Turkish: sağanak