rains

R1A1I1N1S1
/ɹeɪnz/

noun

A rainy season; monsoon

“The rains came early this year.”

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Meanings

rains1

noun
  1. pluralplural of rain
nounrains pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlyA rainy season; monsoon

    The rains came early this year.

    1 more example

    The soil spawned humanity, as it bred frogs in the Rains, and the gap of the sickness of one season was filled to overflowing by the fecundity of the next.

    1889, Rudyard Kipling, “The Education of Otis Yeere”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 29
verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of rain

Rains2

proper noun
  1. A surname.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
rainy season

Translations

Swedish regn
  • regnrainy season

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with rains

remainsgainsplainslanesgrainsbrainspainsmainsKeynesstainsHainescanesDanesreinspanesmanescremainsplum rains
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Sounds the same

reignsreinsreignsreinsreignsreins

Anagrams

siRNAsarinNasirarnisnasrinarisRisan
Cite this entry
APA

rains. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rains

MLA

“rains.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rains. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rains,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rains.

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