rainless

adjective

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as in cloudless

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as in arid

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rainless
  1. cloudless
  2. arid
  3. sunny
  4. dry
  5. mild
  6. waterless
  7. desert
  8. sere
Adjective
  • The mountain peaks jetted into a cloudless Dodger-blue sky as the wind whipped and the waves beneath crested and crashed.
    — Dan Woike, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Stargazers can also glimpse a full moon and a bright Venus during cloudless nights in the middle of the month.
    — Hannah Poukish, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2025
Definition of cloudless
Adjective
  • Encountering one requires a deliberate journey into the arid interior of Australia — a habitat as remote as the species itself.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
  • Global lithium demand, which is expected to grow by 40 times by 2040, could outpace the limited annual rain that supplies freshwater to the arid Lithium Triangle.
    — Nidhi Sharma, NBC news, 31 Mar. 2025
Definition of arid
Adjective
  • Fans have speculated that since the first three seasons were all set in a sunny locale, the upcoming season could switch things up by spending time at a White Lotus resort in a cooler climate.
    — Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Mostly sunny skies are expected in Central Florida on Sunday, Spectrum News 13 meteorologist Zach Covey said.
    — Elainie Barraza, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2025
Definition of sunny
Adjective
  • Warmer temperatures in Kansas City’s forecast After the rain, the Kansas City area will enter a quiet, dry period as temperatures warm into the weekend.
    — Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Gentle moisturizers: Your skin might feel dry, tight, and flaky, especially when the rash starts to scab.
    — Alisa Hrustic, SELF, 9 Apr. 2025
Definition of dry
Adjective
  • Look at it as a mild upgrade with a Saturday draft pick.
    — Jeff Howe, The Athletic, 16 Mar. 2025
  • The first three weeks of his hospitalization were marked by a roller coaster of setbacks, including respiratory crises, mild kidney failure and a severe coughing fit.
    — Colleen Barry, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2025
Definition of mild
Adjective
  • While urban areas like Los Angeles are under mandatory drought restrictions to reduce strain on state reservoirs, many rural residents reliant on groundwater wells are waterless.
    — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 27 Nov. 2022
  • Other eco-friendly measures include a solid waste incinerator to turn waste into non-toxic ash and a waterless urinal to reduce unnecessary usage.
    — Camille Fine, USA TODAY, 22 Aug. 2022
Definition of waterless
Adjective
  • The South Coast Air Basin includes Orange County and non-desert portions of Los Angeles, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties.
    — David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Feb. 2025
  • This prohibits wood burning both indoors and outdoors across Orange County and the non-desert areas of Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino counties.
    — Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of desert
Adjective
  • Playwright-screenwriter Alice Birch has composed a superheated adaptation that’s anything but sere.
    — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Seidensticker pointed out Kawabata’s ties to Japanese poetry: This was prose of a sere, haiku-like delicacy and suggestiveness, with much implied and little specified.
    — Brad Leithauser, WSJ, 10 Nov. 2023
Definition of sere
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“Rainless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rainless. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.

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