Hail

//heɪl//

Synonyms for "hail" (224 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (45)

acclaim shower storm a mass of a world of abide by accede accept accost acknowledge acquiesce acquiesce in address agree agree to agree with apostrophize appeal to applaud approach

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approve army assent bark barrage bawl beat the drum bellow bespeak bevy bid good day bid good morning bob bombard bombardment bow bow to broadside bunch buttonhole

Verb(4 words)

acclaim acclamate barrack beclap

Intj(1 words)

all hail

Strong matches (67)

buy call call to cannonade caterwaul cheer cheer on clap clap the hands cloud clutter commend compliment comply congratulate consent covey cry curtsy dip

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Verb(3 words)

come encheer herald

Noun(1 words)

downpouring

Adjective(1 words)

healthy

Related words (112)

hug ice ice over ice up in toto invoke jam kick kiss kiss hands large amount laud leer legion lift the hat lot lots make a sign many mass

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Verb(3 words)

hurrah hurray huzzah

Adjective(1 words)

whole

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

13 relation types

More general

17 entries

applaud begin call come down downfall fall greet greeting object physical object precipitate precipitation recognise recognize salutation send for

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Antonyms

1 entries

rain

Synonyms

4 entries

acclaim precipitation shower storm

Related terms

1 entries

wassail

capable of

2 entries

accompanies tornado cause damage because falls fast

causes

1 entries

broken windows

derived

21 entries

Hail Mary all hail drink hail e-hail hail and ride hail down hail from hail shaft hail storm hail sugar hail-fellow hailable hailer hailfall haillike hailproof

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etymologically related_to

1 entries

hale

has property

1 entries

dangerous to people and plants

is a

7 entries

bombardment calling exclamation greeting object precipitation solid form of rain

manner of

4 entries

be call greet precipitate

related to

28 entries

ball balls baseball frozen frozen rain golf golf ball greet hard hard ice healthy ice ice precipitation ice rain icy precipitation

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similar

3 entries

come derive descend

Translations

425 translations across 167 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

hael noun (balls of ice)

Ainu

1 entries

コンル noun (balls of ice)

Albanian

2 entries

breshëri noun (balls of ice)
kokrriz (gheg) noun (balls of ice)

Aleut

1 entries

aang intj (greeting!)

Ancient Greek

4 entries

χαίρετε intj (greeting!)
χαῖρε intj (greeting!)
χάλαζα noun (balls of ice)
χαλαζάω verb (to fall from the sky, of hail)

Arabic

4 entries

السلام عليك intj (greeting!)
السلام عليكم intj (greeting!)
برد noun (balls of ice)
بَرَد noun (balls of ice)

Aramaic

1 entries

ܒܪܕܐ noun (balls of ice)

Armenian

3 entries

կարկուտ noun (balls of ice)
բարևել verb (to greet)
ողջունել verb (to greet)

Aromanian

2 entries

grindinã noun (balls of ice)
grãndini noun (balls of ice)

Ashkun

1 entries

ašĩ noun (balls of ice)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

1 entries

ܫܠܵܡܵܐ intj (greeting!)

Asturian

3 entries

granizu noun (balls of ice)
pedrisca noun (balls of ice)
granizar verb (to fall from the sky, of hail)

Avar

2 entries

горо noun (balls of ice)
цӏер noun (balls of ice)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

dolu noun (balls of ice)

Bashkir

4 entries

борсаҡ noun (balls of ice)
боҙ noun (balls of ice)
боҙборсаҡ noun (balls of ice)
сәләмләү verb (to greet)

Basque

2 entries

kazkabar noun (balls of ice)
txingor noun (balls of ice)

Bats

1 entries

სეტყო noun (balls of ice)

Belarusian

1 entries

град noun (balls of ice)

Bengali

1 entries

শিলাবৃষ্টি noun (balls of ice)

Bouyei

1 entries

ridt noun (balls of ice)

Bulgarian

4 entries

граду́шка noun (balls of ice)
вали град verb (to fall from the sky, of hail)
наричам verb (to name, to designate (as someone/something))
поздравявам verb (to greet)

Burmese

1 entries

မိုးသီး noun (balls of ice)

Buryat

3 entries

мүндэр noun (balls of ice)
мүндэр орохо verb (to fall from the sky, of hail)
мүндэрлэхэ verb (to fall from the sky, of hail)

Catalan

4 entries

calabruix noun (balls of ice)
calamarsa noun (balls of ice)
calabruixar verb (to fall from the sky, of hail)
calamarsejar verb (to fall from the sky, of hail)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

تەرزە noun (balls of ice)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᎦᏁᏐᏍᎬ noun (balls of ice)

Chinese

4 entries

лынзы noun (balls of ice)
雹 noun (balls of ice)
叫 verb (to greet)
落雹 verb (to fall from the sky, of hail)

Chinese Cantonese

4 entries

萬歲 /万岁 intj (greeting!)
冰雹 noun (balls of ice)
雪珠 noun (balls of ice)
雹 noun (balls of ice)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

萬歲 /万岁 intj (greeting!)
冰雹 noun (balls of ice)
雹 noun (balls of ice)
雹子 noun (balls of ice)

Church Slavic

2 entries

градъ noun (balls of ice)
ⰳⱃⰰⰴⱏ noun (balls of ice)

Coptic

2 entries

ⲭⲁⲓⲣⲉ intj (greeting!)
ⲭⲉⲣⲉ intj (greeting!)

Cornish

2 entries

keser noun (balls of ice)
gul keser verb (to fall from the sky, of hail)

Czech

4 entries

kroupy noun (balls of ice)
krupobití noun (balls of ice)
oslavovat verb (to name, to designate (as someone/something))
padat kroupy verb (to fall from the sky, of hail)

Danish

4 entries

hil intj (greeting!)
hagl noun (balls of ice)
hagle verb (to fall from the sky, of hail)
hilse verb (to greet)

Dari

1 entries

ژَالَه noun (balls of ice)

Dolgan

1 entries

буустаак һамыыр noun (balls of ice)

Dongxiang

2 entries

mandëu noun (balls of ice)
mensun noun (balls of ice)

Dutch

4 entries

gegroet intj (greeting!)
saluut intj (greeting!)
hagel noun (balls of ice)
begroeten verb (to greet)

Egyptian

1 entries

i-nD-D:Y1-Hr:Z1 intj (greeting!)

Esperanto

3 entries

hajlo noun (balls of ice)
hajli verb (to fall from the sky, of hail)
saluti verb (to greet)

Estonian

1 entries

rahe noun (balls of ice)

Even

1 entries

бот noun (balls of ice)

Evenki

2 entries

бокта noun (balls of ice)
бо̄намӣ verb (to fall from the sky, of hail)

Faroese

2 entries

hagl noun (balls of ice)
heglingur noun (balls of ice)

Finnish

4 entries

raesade noun (balls of ice)
rakeet noun (balls of ice)
kutsua verb (to call out loudly in order to gain the attention of)
sataa rakeita verb (to fall from the sky, of hail)

French

4 entries

grêle noun (balls of ice)
grêlons noun (balls of ice)
grêler verb (to fall from the sky, of hail)
héler verb (to call out loudly in order to gain the attention of)

Friulian

1 entries

tampieste noun (balls of ice)

Galician

4 entries

saúde intj (greeting!)
escarabán noun (balls of ice)
garaullo noun (balls of ice)
gresillo noun (balls of ice)

Gan Chinese

1 entries

雹子 noun (balls of ice)

Georgian

2 entries

სეტყვა noun (balls of ice)
ხოშკაკალი noun (balls of ice)

German

4 entries

Graupel noun (balls of ice)
Hagel noun (balls of ice)
feiern als verb (to name, to designate (as someone/something))
graupeln verb (to fall from the sky, of hail)

Gothic

1 entries

𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐍃 intj (greeting!)

Greek

4 entries

χαλάζι noun (balls of ice)
καλώ verb (to call out loudly in order to gain the attention of)
πέφτει χαλάζι verb (to fall from the sky, of hail)
προσφωνώ verb (to name, to designate (as someone/something))

Hakka Chinese

2 entries

冰雹 noun (balls of ice)
落雹 verb (to fall from the sky, of hail)

Hebrew

2 entries

בָּרָד noun (balls of ice)
בָּרָד verb (to fall from the sky, of hail)

Hindi

3 entries

जय intj (greeting!)
ओला noun (balls of ice)
ओलावृष्टि noun (balls of ice)

Hungarian

4 entries

üdv (neked/néked) intj (greeting!)
üdvöz légy! intj (greeting!)
jégeső noun (balls of ice)
jégverés noun (balls of ice)

Icelandic

2 entries

hagl noun (balls of ice)
heilsa verb (to greet)

Ido

3 entries

greluno noun (balls of ice)
grelar verb (to fall from the sky, of hail)
salutar verb (to greet)

Indonesian

2 entries

hujan batu noun (balls of ice)
hujan es noun (balls of ice)

Ingrian

1 entries

rae noun (balls of ice)

Interlingua

1 entries

grandine noun (balls of ice)

Iranian Persian

1 entries

تَگَرْگ noun (balls of ice)

Irish

4 entries

go mbeannaítear duit intj (greeting!)
is é do bheatha intj (greeting!)
cloichshneachta noun (balls of ice)
cuir cloichshneachta verb (to fall from the sky, of hail)

Italian

4 entries

ave intj (greeting!)
grandine noun (balls of ice)
chiamare verb (to call out loudly in order to gain the attention of)
grandinare verb (to fall from the sky, of hail)

Japanese

4 entries

万歳 intj (greeting!)
雹 noun (balls of ice)
霰 noun (balls of ice)
雹が降る verb (to fall from the sky, of hail)

Jin Chinese

1 entries

冷彈子 /冷弹子 noun (balls of ice)

Kalmyk

1 entries

мөндр noun (balls of ice)

Kankanaey

2 entries

dalalo noun (balls of ice)
mandalalo verb (to fall from the sky, of hail)

Kapampangan

2 entries

luid (Baculud) intj (greeting!)
luwid (Wawa) intj (greeting!)

Kazakh

1 entries

бұршақ noun (balls of ice)

Khakas

2 entries

мӱндӱр noun (balls of ice)
мӱндӱр чаарға verb (to fall from the sky, of hail)

Khmer

2 entries

ជយោ intj (greeting!)
ព្រិលគ្រាប់ noun (balls of ice)

Korean

1 entries

우박 noun (balls of ice)

Kumyk

1 entries

бурчакъ noun (balls of ice)

Kyrgyz

3 entries

добул noun (balls of ice)
доол noun (balls of ice)
мөндүр noun (balls of ice)

Lao

3 entries

ເຫັບ noun (balls of ice)
ໝາກເຫັບ noun (balls of ice)
ເອີ້ນ verb (to call out loudly in order to gain the attention of)

Latgalian

1 entries

krusa noun (balls of ice)

Latin

4 entries

ave intj (greeting!)
avete intj (greeting!)
salve intj (greeting!)
grandō noun (balls of ice)

Latvian

1 entries

krusa noun (balls of ice)

Laz

2 entries

დოლუ noun (balls of ice)
ხოშაკალი noun (balls of ice)

Lithuanian

1 entries

kruša noun (balls of ice)

Low German

1 entries

Hagel noun (balls of ice)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

kšupy noun (balls of ice)

Macedonian

3 entries

град noun (balls of ice)
па́ѓа град verb (to fall from the sky, of hail)
поздра́вува verb (to greet)

Malagasy

1 entries

havandra noun (balls of ice)

Malay

1 entries

hujan batu noun (balls of ice)

Maltese

1 entries

silġ noun (balls of ice)

Manchu

3 entries

ᠪᠣᠨᠣ noun (balls of ice)
ᠪᠣᠨ᠋ᠣ ᠪᠣᠨ᠋ᠣᠮᠪᡳ verb (to fall from the sky, of hail)
ᠪᠣᠨ᠋ᠣᠮᠪᡳ verb (to fall from the sky, of hail)

Manx

1 entries

dy bannee dhyt intj (greeting!)

Mingrelian

1 entries

კირცხი noun (balls of ice)

Miyako

1 entries

霰 noun (balls of ice)

Mongolian

4 entries

мөндөр noun (balls of ice)
ᠮᠥ᠋ᠨᠳ᠋ᠦᠷ noun (balls of ice)
мөндөр орох verb (to fall from the sky, of hail)
мөндөрлөх verb (to fall from the sky, of hail)

Māori

4 entries

hukākapu noun (balls of ice)
hukātara noun (balls of ice)
hukāwhatu noun (balls of ice)
nganga noun (balls of ice)

Nahuatl

2 entries

tecihuitl noun (balls of ice)
tecihui verb (to fall from the sky, of hail)

Navajo

1 entries

ńló noun (balls of ice)

Norman

1 entries

grile noun (balls of ice)

North Frisian

1 entries

haiel noun (balls of ice)

Northern Kurdish

4 entries

bijî intj (greeting!)
gijlok noun (balls of ice)
terez noun (balls of ice)
terg noun (balls of ice)

Northern Min Chinese

1 entries

龍雹 /龙雹 noun (balls of ice)

Norwegian

1 entries

hagle verb (to fall from the sky, of hail)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

hagl noun (balls of ice)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

heil intj (greeting!)
hagl noun (balls of ice)

Occitan

2 entries

granissa noun (balls of ice)
grèla noun (balls of ice)

Old East Slavic

1 entries

градъ noun (balls of ice)

Old English

1 entries

hæġl noun (balls of ice)

Old High German

1 entries

hagal noun (balls of ice)

Old Norse

1 entries

heill intj (greeting!)

Old Saxon

1 entries

hagal noun (balls of ice)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

سلاملامق verb (to greet)
چاغرمق verb (to call out loudly in order to gain the attention of)

Pannonian Rusyn

2 entries

каменєц noun (balls of ice)
ляд noun (balls of ice)

Pashto

3 entries

ږلۍ noun (balls of ice)
ږړۍ noun (balls of ice)
ګلۍ noun (balls of ice)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Hoagel noun (balls of ice)

Polish

2 entries

grad noun (balls of ice)
grad pada verb (to fall from the sky, of hail)

Portuguese

4 entries

ave intj (greeting!)
granizo noun (balls of ice)
saraiva noun (balls of ice)
designar verb (to name, to designate (as someone/something))

Prasuni

1 entries

išĩ noun (balls of ice)

Quechua

2 entries

chikchi noun (balls of ice)
chikchiy verb (to fall from the sky, of hail)

Romanian

4 entries

grindină noun (balls of ice)
cădea grindină verb (to fall from the sky, of hail)
grindina verb (to fall from the sky, of hail)
ploua cu grindină verb (to fall from the sky, of hail)

Romansch

4 entries

garneala noun (balls of ice)
garnela noun (balls of ice)
garnela noun (balls of ice)
garniala noun (balls of ice)

Russian

4 entries

град noun (balls of ice)
град идёт verb (to fall from the sky, of hail)
оклика́ть verb (to call out loudly in order to gain the attention of)
приве́тствовать verb (to greet)

Saanich

2 entries

SḰEL noun (balls of ice)
ḰOLX̱ noun (balls of ice)

Sanskrit

1 entries

जय intj (greeting!)

Sardinian

4 entries

gràndhile noun (balls of ice)
gràndhine noun (balls of ice)
gràndili noun (balls of ice)
randhinare verb (to fall from the sky, of hail)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

fàilte intj (greeting!)
clach-mheallain noun (balls of ice)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

grȃd noun (balls of ice)
tȕča noun (balls of ice)
гра̑д noun (balls of ice)
ту̏ча noun (balls of ice)

Shan

1 entries

ႁွင်ႉ verb (to call out loudly in order to gain the attention of)

Sicilian

4 entries

s'abbinidica intj (greeting!)
salutamu intj (greeting!)
voscenza s'abbinidica intj (greeting!)
rannula noun (balls of ice)

Slovak

1 entries

krúpa noun (balls of ice)

Slovene

1 entries

toča noun (balls of ice)

Southern Altai

3 entries

бурчак noun (balls of ice)
мӧндӱр noun (balls of ice)
мӧндӱрлеер verb (to fall from the sky, of hail)

Spanish

4 entries

ave intj (greeting!)
cascarrina noun (balls of ice)
granizo noun (balls of ice)
pedrisco noun (balls of ice)

Svan

2 entries

თხარსკ noun (balls of ice)
სკარხალ noun (balls of ice)

Swahili

1 entries

mvua ya mawe noun (balls of ice)

Swedish

4 entries

hell intj (greeting!)
hagel noun (balls of ice)
hagla verb (to fall from the sky, of hail)
hell verb (to greet)

Tagalog

4 entries

aba intj (greeting!)
mabuhay intj (greeting!)
graniso noun (balls of ice)
bati verb (to greet)

Tajik

3 entries

дӯл noun (balls of ice)
жола noun (balls of ice)
тагарг noun (balls of ice)

Taos

1 entries

į̀ękǫ́ne noun (balls of ice)

Tatar

1 entries

боз noun (balls of ice)

Thai

2 entries

เห็บ noun (balls of ice)
เรียก verb (to call out loudly in order to gain the attention of)

Tibetan

1 entries

སེ་ར noun (balls of ice)

Turkish

2 entries

dolu noun (balls of ice)
dolu yağmak verb (to fall from the sky, of hail)

Turkmen

1 entries

doly noun (balls of ice)

Tuvan

1 entries

долу дүжер verb (to fall from the sky, of hail)

Udmurt

2 entries

йӧ noun (balls of ice)
йӧзор noun (balls of ice)

Ukrainian

1 entries

град noun (balls of ice)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries

krupy noun (balls of ice)

Urdu

1 entries

ژالَہ noun (balls of ice)

Uyghur

2 entries

تۇلا noun (balls of ice)
مۆلدۈر noun (balls of ice)

Uzbek

1 entries

doʻl noun (balls of ice)

Vandalic

1 entries

eils intj (greeting!)

Venetan

1 entries

tenpesta noun (balls of ice)

Vietnamese

4 entries

chào intj (greeting!)
hoan hô intj (greeting!)
hoan nghênh intj (greeting!)
mưa đá noun (balls of ice)

Vilamovian

1 entries

graojp noun (balls of ice)

Volapük

2 entries

gräl noun (balls of ice)
grälön verb (to fall from the sky, of hail)

Waigali

1 entries

ašẽ noun (balls of ice)

Walloon

3 entries

dire bondjoû verb (to greet)
houkî verb (to call out loudly in order to gain the attention of)
lomer verb (to name, to designate (as someone/something))

Welsh

4 entries

cenllysg noun (balls of ice)
cesair noun (balls of ice)
bwrw cenllysg verb (to fall from the sky, of hail)
bwrw cesair verb (to fall from the sky, of hail)

West-Frisian

1 entries

hagel noun (balls of ice)

Woiwurrung

1 entries

kav-ing noun (balls of ice)

Wu Chinese

1 entries

冰雹 noun (balls of ice)

Xiang Chinese

1 entries

冰雹 noun (balls of ice)

Yaeyama

1 entries

霰 noun (balls of ice)

Yakut

2 entries

тобурах noun (balls of ice)
толонноо verb (to fall from the sky, of hail)

Yiddish

1 entries

האָגל noun (balls of ice)

Zazaki

4 entries

biciwî intj (greeting!)
torg noun (balls of ice)
torg varayen verb (to fall from the sky, of hail)
tozgıle verb (to greet)

Zhuang

1 entries

lwgbag noun (balls of ice)

ǃXóõ

1 entries

ǁgáã noun (balls of ice)

Sample sentences

20 total sentences available.

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As a rule, hail falls in the summer.

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The hail cracked the window.

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The hail harmed the crops.

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You're expected to hail it as a triumph.

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