rainy
[adjective]
Synonyms: wet, damp, drizzly, showery

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English Thesaurus: rainy, wet, damp, showery, drizzly, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

rain‧y /ˈreɪni/ adjective

1. a rainy period of time is one when it rains a lot Synonym : wet:
a cold rainy day in October
I hate rainy weather.
the rainy season

2. save something for a rainy day to save something, especially money, for a time when you will need it

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

rainy
adjective
DUBIOUS: The afternoon was very rainy.
GOOD: The afternoon was very wet.
DUBIOUS: It's rainy again today.
GOOD: It's wet again today.
GOOD: It's raining again today.

Usage Note:
When rainy is used it generally comes in front of words like day, afternoon, Sunday and season (NOT after a verb): 'The baby was born on a rainy Sunday in June.' 'When does the rainy season begin?'
The more usual word is wet: 'Apart from a couple of wet afternoons, the weather was fine.' 'If it's wet tomorrow, we'll go on Monday instead.'

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Common Errors ▲

rainy a rainy period of time is one when it rains a lot:
a cold rainy day in October
The weather continued to be rainy.
The rainy season is in July.
wet rainy. Wet and rainy mean the same and are used in the same way:
In Cyprus during the winter, you’ll only have the occasional wet day.
The wet weather is expected to continue.
another wet summer
It's been wet all week.
damp if the air feels damp, there is a lot of moisture in the air and it may be raining slightly:
It was a cold damp day.
a damp November morning
showery raining for short periods:
the cool, bright, showery weather of early April
The weather will be showery, with some sunny intervals.
drizzly raining slightly, with a lot of mist in the air:
The morning was grey and drizzly.
grey British English, gray American English if the sky is grey, there are a lot clouds, and it looks like it will rain:
The next morning, the sky was grey.
Then, as if by magic, the sun burst through what had until then been a rather grey day.

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