Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb rain

1 sense of rain

Sense 1
rain, rain down -- (precipitate as rain; "If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding")
       => precipitate, come down, fall -- (fall from clouds; "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum")

Antonyms of adj raining

1 sense of raining

Sense 1
raining -- (falling in drops or as if falling like rain; "watched the raining apple blossoms")

INDIRECT (VIA descending) -> ascending -- (moving or going or growing upward; "the ascending plane"; "the ascending staircase"; "the ascending stems of chickweed")

Similarity of adj raining

1 sense of raining

Sense 1
raining -- (falling in drops or as if falling like rain; "watched the raining apple blossoms")
       => descending (prenominal) (vs. ascending) -- (coming down or downward)