Synonyms for precipitation
prɪˌsɪp ɪˈteɪ ʃənpre·cip·i·ta·tion

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 2 votes

1. precipitation

   Rashness applies to the actual rushing into danger without counting the cost; temerity denotes the needless exposure of oneself to peril which is or might be clearly seen to be such. Rashness is used chiefly of bodily acts, temerity often of mental or social matters; there may be a noble rashness, but temerity is always used in a bad sense. We say it is amazing that one should have had the temerity to make a statement which could be readily proved a falsehood, or to make an unworthy proposal to one sure to resent it; in such use temerity is often closely allied to hardihood, audacity, or presumption. Venturesomeness dallies on the edge of danger and experiments with it; foolhardiness rushes in for want of sense, heedlessness for want of attention, rashness for want of reflection, recklessness from disregard of consequences. Audacity, in the sense here considered, denotes a dashing and somewhat reckless courage, in defiance of conventionalities, or of other men's opinions, or of what would be deemed probable consequences; as, the audacity of a successful financier. Compare EFFRONTERY.

   Synonyms:
   audacity, foolhardiness, hardihood, hastiness, heedlessness, over-confidence, precipitancy, presumption, rashness, recklessness, temerity, venturesomeness

   Antonyms:
   care, caution, circumspection, cowardice, hesitation, timidity, wariness

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. precipitationnoun

   the quantity of water falling to earth at a specific place within a specified period of time

   "the storm brought several inches of precipitation"

   Synonyms:
   hurriedness, downfall, hastiness, hurry, haste

2. precipitationnoun

   the process of forming a chemical precipitate

   Synonyms:
   hurriedness, downfall, hastiness, hurry, haste

3. precipitation, downfallnoun

   the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)

   Synonyms:
   fall, ruination, ruin, downfall, hurriedness, haste, hurry, hastiness

4. precipitationnoun

   the act of casting down or falling headlong from a height

   Synonyms:
   hurriedness, downfall, hastiness, hurry, haste

5. precipitationnoun

   an unexpected acceleration or hastening

   "he is responsible for the precipitation of his own demise"

   Synonyms:
   hurriedness, downfall, hastiness, hurry, haste

6. haste, hastiness, hurry, hurriedness, precipitationnoun

   overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)

   "he soon regretted his haste"

   Synonyms:
   rushing, rush, downfall, hurriedness, haste, hurry, hastiness

Matched Categories

1. • Acceleration
   • Chemical Process
   • Drop
   • Indefinite Quantity
   • Speed

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. precipitationnoun

   Synonyms:
   haste, hurry, precipitance, flurry, precipitancy

2. precipitationnoun

   Synonyms:
   rashness, recklessness, thoughtlessness, heedlessness, foolhardiness, inconsiderateness, temerity, presumption

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "precipitation":

   rainfall, haste, rain, precipitating, rush, hastiness, deposition, wettest

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1. Gavin Schmidt:

   The impacts of long-term global warming are already being felt - in coastal flooding, heat waves, intense precipitation and ecosystem change.

2. Kyle Thiem:

   These different types of wintry precipitation are very sensitive to small changes, a change of just a degree or two can mean the difference from relatively harmless rainfall to very impactful ice and snow accumulations.

3. Andy Finton:

   We're seeing stressed trees that haven't had enough precipitation and are losing their leaves earlier, so leaves are withering, they're drying up, and doing that fall color change before those crisp fall nights.

4. Jill Trepanier:

   The real increased threat from a warming climate is an atmosphere that's capable of producing higher intensity precipitation events.

5. Terrence Mushore:

   Models show deforestation could result in a decline in precipitation of more than 5 percent across Zimbabwe by 2050.