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View synonyms for rain cloud

rain cloud

noun

  1. a cloud or a mass of clouds that yields rain.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of rain cloud1

First recorded in 1830–40

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Example Sentences

Magnificent, she said, easing her shoulder of the strap of her knapsack while her eyes followed the driving rain cloud.

Her eyes, the soft gray of a summer rain cloud—no one would have guessed them sightless.

Nearer and nearer the roar of the rain cloud approached, though as yet not a drop had fallen over us.

In the distance they took on all the misty shades of grey and blue, or stood purple, steeped in shadows, under a rain cloud.

When you see people having a picnic, push the rain cloud away from them instead of over them.

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