Antonyms for Precipitation
prɪˌsɪp ɪˈteɪ ʃənpre·cip·i·ta·tion

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1. precipitation

   Rashness applies to the actual rushing into danger without counting the cost; temerity denotes the needless exposure of oneself to peril which is or might be clearly seen to be such. Rashness is used chiefly of bodily acts, temerity often of mental or social matters; there may be a noble rashness, but temerity is always used in a bad sense. We say it is amazing that one should have had the temerity to make a statement which could be readily proved a falsehood, or to make an unworthy proposal to one sure to resent it; in such use temerity is often closely allied to hardihood, audacity, or presumption. Venturesomeness dallies on the edge of danger and experiments with it; foolhardiness rushes in for want of sense, heedlessness for want of attention, rashness for want of reflection, recklessness from disregard of consequences. Audacity, in the sense here considered, denotes a dashing and somewhat reckless courage, in defiance of conventionalities, or of other men's opinions, or of what would be deemed probable consequences; as, the audacity of a successful financier. Compare EFFRONTERY.

   Antonyms:
   care, caution, circumspection, cowardice, hesitation, timidity, wariness

   Synonyms:
   audacity, foolhardiness, hardihood, hastiness, heedlessness, over-confidence, precipitancy, presumption, rashness, recklessness, temerity, venturesomeness

Matched Categories

1. • Acceleration
   • Chemical Process
   • Drop
   • Indefinite Quantity
   • Speed

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. precipitationnoun

   the quantity of water falling to earth at a specific place within a specified period of time

   "the storm brought several inches of precipitation"

   Synonyms:
   hurriedness, downfall, hastiness, hurry, haste

2. precipitationnoun

   the process of forming a chemical precipitate

   Synonyms:
   hurriedness, downfall, hastiness, hurry, haste

3. precipitation, downfallnoun

   the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)

   Synonyms:
   fall, ruination, ruin, precipitation, downfall, hurriedness, haste, hurry, hastiness

4. precipitationnoun

   the act of casting down or falling headlong from a height

   Synonyms:
   hurriedness, downfall, hastiness, hurry, haste

5. precipitationnoun

   an unexpected acceleration or hastening

   "he is responsible for the precipitation of his own demise"

   Synonyms:
   hurriedness, downfall, hastiness, hurry, haste

6. haste, hastiness, hurry, hurriedness, precipitationnoun

   overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)

   "he soon regretted his haste"

   Synonyms:
   rushing, precipitation, rush, downfall, hurriedness, haste, hurry, hastiness

How to use Precipitation in a sentence?

1. David Miskus:

   With four consecutive years of drought, this precipitation was just a start to moisten the soils for hopefully more (frozen preferred) precipitation this winter.

2. Daniel Swain:

   How do you know how much precipitation that might actually end up falling from that cloud occurred due to the seeding ? Or how much would have fallen without the seeding ? this isn't a setting where you can do a truly controlled experiment.

3. Jill Trepanier:

   The real increased threat from a warming climate is an atmosphere that's capable of producing higher intensity precipitation events.

4. Melanie Karns:

   Firefighters are trying to use some of that precipitation to get a handle on things, if we just get a little bit of rain or snow, it helps, but it takes more than just a little bit to help put out some of the heavier fuels.

5. Chelsea Peters:

   Overall, La Nina typically means less precipitation for the Sierra, Great Basin region, and the Mojave Desert, which is bad for the current drought status and the potential for another active fire season next year, however, the magnitude of the La Nina event will dictate the magnitude of impacts on the winter weather pattern. Considering the current state of ENSO is neutral, La Nina may be weak through at least the early part of the winter season.

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