raindate

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noun

An alternative date on which an event will be held if it rains on the originally scheduled date.

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rain day
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Meanings

nounraindate (plural raindates)

plural raindates

  1. An alternative date on which an event will be held if it rains on the originally scheduled date.

    It's Gay Pride Day, happening this year on Saturday, June 15th (Raindate: Sunday, June 16)

    1985 April 6, Marsha Levine, “Planning for Pride '85”, in Gay Community News, page 5

    Synonyms: rain day

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn alternative date on which an event will be held if it rains on the originally scheduled date.

Similar
rain day
Also see
rain day

Origin

From rain + date.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

raindate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/raindate

MLA

“raindate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/raindate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “raindate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/raindate.

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