cloud cover

1. 1.

   the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds

   Synonymscloudinessovercast

   Broaderbad weather

Questions about cloud cover

What does cloud cover mean?

cloud cover means "the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds".

What is another word for cloud cover?

Close synonyms include cloudiness, overcast. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cloud cover a common word?

cloud cover is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.