Word Type

Noun

The word "rainfall" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission effective rainfall excess rainfall excessive rainfall initial rainfall inversion of rainfall orographic rainfall palaeorainfall paleorainfall point rainfall rainfall component rainfall distribution rainfall duration rainfall effectiveness rainfall excess rainfall frequency rainfall intensity rainfall intensity area curve rainfall intensity frequency rainfall intensity pattern rainfall intensity return period rainfall intensity-duration curve rainfall intensity-duration-frequency curve rainfall loss rainfall rate rainfall regime rainfall station rainfallwise rate-of-rainfall gauge residual rainfall

Derived From

fall rain

Context

meteorology

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

downfall precipitation

Receives Action

measured in inches

Related Terms

amount rain

Synonym Network

rain

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.