rain-giver

1. 1.

   an epithet for Jupiter

   SynonymsJupiter Pluvius

   BroaderJupiter

Questions about rain-giver

What does rain-giver mean?

rain-giver means "an epithet for Jupiter".

How many syllables are in rain-giver?

rain-giver has 3 syllables: rain--gi-ver. The stress falls on "rain-".

What is another word for rain-giver?

Close synonyms include Jupiter Pluvius. 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 rain-giver a common word?

rain-giver 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.