shower

1. 1.

   a plumbing fixture that sprays water over you

   “they installed a shower in the bathroom”

   Broaderplumbing fixture

   Part ofshower stall

   Partsshowerhead
2. 2.

   washing yourself by standing upright under water sprayed from a nozzle

   “he took a shower after the game”

   Synonymsshower bath

   Broaderwashup
3. 3.

   a brief period of precipitation

   “the game was interrupted by a brief shower”

   Synonymsrain shower

   Broaderrain

   Narrowerscattering
4. 4.

   a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower

   “a little shower of rose petals”

   “a sudden cascade of sparks”

   Synonymscascade

   Broaderdescent
5. 5.

   someone who organizes an exhibit for others to see

   Synonymsexhibitorexhibitioner

   Broadershowman
6. 6.

   a party of friends assembled to present gifts (usually of a specified kind) to a person

   “her friends organized a baby shower for her when she was expecting”

   Broaderparty

1. 1.

   expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns

   “He was showered with praise”

   Synonymslavish

   Broaderconsume
2. 2.

   spray or sprinkle with

   “The guests showered rice on the couple”

   Broaderspray
3. 3.

   take a shower; wash one's body in the shower

   “You should shower after vigorous exercise”

   Broaderbathe
4. 4.

   rain abundantly

   “Meteors showered down over half of Australia”

   Synonymsshower down

   Broaderrain
5. 5.

   provide abundantly with

   “He showered her with presents”

   Broaderprovide

Other forms of shower

plural

showers·

past tense

showerred·

present participle

showerring·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about shower

What does shower mean?

shower means "a plumbing fixture that sprays water over you". That is the primary sense; the word has 11 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in shower?

shower has 2 syllables: sho-wer. The stress falls on "sho". In IPA it is /ˈʃaʊɚ/.

What is another word for shower?

Close synonyms include shower bath, rain shower, cascade, exhibitor, exhibitioner. 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 shower a common word?

shower is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.