SHOWERY Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

showery

adjective

Definition of showery

as in rainy

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Adjective

After a cooler and rainy weekend, things are going to heat up for central Iowa, with heat indices in Des Moines reaching as high as 102 degrees over the next week, according to the National Weather Service.

— Isabelle Foland, Des Moines Register, 30 Aug. 2026
Local authorities would rope together timber logs for a makeshift bridge, but in the rainy season, the logs would grow slippery and floods would wash them away.

— Fatma Tanis, NPR, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of rainy

Adjective

At Emporio Armani, models walked the runway in gossamer-thin tanks and misty trousers that toed the line between lavender and blue.

— Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 22 June 2026
Base yourself in Cerro Verde or Lago de Coatepeque for crater views and misty mornings above the clouds, then climb Santa Ana Volcano.

— Angelika Pokovba, Travel + Leisure, 26 May 2026

Definition of misty

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On a spring morning so blustery that the National Weather Service issued a small craft advisory, a Samish Indian Nation research boat, called the Chinook (Yómech), set out from Anacortes, Washington, just east of the San Juan Islands.

— John Ryan, NPR, 16 Aug. 2026
Temperatures are expected to average near normal, but quick cold snaps, snow squalls, blustery winds and brief snowy periods are possible.

— Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of blustery

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Hot, dry and occasionally windy weather has left grasses and other vegetation highly receptive to fire, allowing flames to spread quickly.

— Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
Milpitas resident Swapnali Shrikhande said the odor can be especially bad on hot and windy days.

— Da Lin, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of windy

Adjective

Everyone in Los Angeles apologized to me about the weather, which was warm, breezy, and ever so slightly overcast—in short, perfect.

— Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
One third of the field is separated by three shots on a course that has relatively soft with either rain Thursday or overcast Friday, even with a little wind late in the day.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of overcast

Adjective

The stormiest periods will be in late December, mid-January, early and late February and early and late March.

— Mike Snider, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
Fire is part of the Everglades ecology — wildfire season coincides with the end of spring when stormy-weather lightning strikes ignite marshes still dry from winter.

— Jenny Staletovich, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of stormy

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