🌧️torrential

Meaning

Relating to or resembling a torrent; very heavy and fast flowing.

falling rapidly in copious streams; extremely heavy rainfall

Example Sentences

The hikers were caught in torrential rain.

The torrential rain flooded the streets within hours.

Example Expressions

torrential rain

Synonyms

heavy, pouring, drenching, intense, violent, pelting, driving

Entry 1

heavy, pouring, drenching, intense, violent

Entry 2

heavy, pouring, pelting, driving

Antonyms

light, mild, gentle, drizzling, sparse

Entry 1

light, mild, gentle

Entry 2

light, drizzling, gentle, sparse

Collocations

torrential rain, torrential downpour, torrential flood, torrential storm

Entry 1

torrential rain, torrential downpour, torrential flood, torrential storm

Entry 2

torrential rain, torrential downpour, torrential storm

More Example Sentences

There's a torrential downpour today.