torrent

1. 1.

   a heavy rain

   Synonymsdownpourcloudburstdelugewaterspoutpeltersoaker

   Broaderrain
2. 2.

   a violently fast stream of water (or other liquid)

   “the houses were swept away in the torrent”

   Synonymsviolent stream

   Broadercurrent
3. 3.

   an overwhelming number or amount

   “a flood of requests”

   “a torrent of abuse”

   Synonymsfloodinundationdeluge

   Broaderbatch

Other forms of torrent

plural

torrents·

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 torrent

What does torrent mean?

torrent means "a heavy rain". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in torrent?

torrent has 2 syllables: tor-rent. The stress falls on "tor". In IPA it is /ˈtɔɹənt/.

What is another word for torrent?

Close synonyms include downpour, cloudburst, deluge, waterspout, pelter. 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 torrent a common word?

torrent is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.