snowy

adjective

Definition of snowynext
1
as in rainy

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as in snow-white

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Recent Examples of snowy According to the lore, a nest built unusually high off the ground predicts a snowy winter. — Tricia Goss, Southern Living, 7 Oct. 2026 The outlook does not directly predict snowfall, so wetter does not necessarily mean snowier. — Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2026 The countdown to ski season is officially on, and with talk of a Super El Niño in the forecast, powderhounds are hoping for a long and snowy winter. — Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 29 Sep. 2026 Especially snowy shots test the panel’s capabilities, though. — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 28 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for snowy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snowy
  1. rainy
  2. snow-white
  3. gray
  4. neutral
  5. pallid
  6. pale
  7. faint
Adjective
  • Rowers pushed through a rainy and chilly start Friday morning while fans in ponchos and raincoats cheered them on.
    — Anna Meiler, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • That would have marked the coolest day since early May if not for the rainy, windy and cool day former Hurricane Isaias created last Saturday.
    — Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of rainy
Adjective
  • Flag Flagging 10 to 12 inches of broad, snow-white tail serves a dual purpose.
    — Tom Carpenter, Outdoor Life, 24 Sep. 2026
  • My hero tenderly wrapped his snow-white daughter in a cravat; my heroine woke with a stab of fear, wondering where her stomach had gone.
    — Eloisa James, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026
Definition of snow-white
Adjective
  • Video of the incident obtained by CBS News showed a group of around 20 masked men clad in black or gray clothes descending a hill from the area of an Israeli settlement outpost into an olive grove near the Palestinian village of Abu Falah.
    — Dov Lieber, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Yellow police tape cordoned off the property, where several vehicles were parked in the driveway, including a white Toyota SUV, a gray BMW SUV and a black Range Rover.
    — Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of gray
Adjective
  • In every case the technology was neutral and the outcome came from the human.
    — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Or a neutral year, meaning neither El Niño nor La Niña is present.
    — Tammie Souza, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of neutral
Adjective
  • The pallid grayness of Mike Eley’s cinematography is probably supposed to mimic the finality of HIV/AIDS taking hold, but there’s no passion aesthetically to counterbalance what becomes absolute misery onscreen to watch.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Young people in particular have soured on the technology over the last year, a development that may at least partially be explained by a pallid entry-level job market.
    — T.M. Brown, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of pallid
Adjective
  • But most visitors were gathered around one explosively colorful painting in swirling shades of light and dark blue, bottle green, and pale gold.
    — Joan Martelli, Time, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Instead, the surrounding sky darkens, increasing the contrast until the pale daytime moon seems to switch on at dusk and grow increasingly brilliant.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of pale
Adjective
  • While the planets in our solar system are still visible, sky glow obscures more distant objects, such as fainter stars.
    — Chris McMullen, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Pulse, the faintest signal tested, produced 50 to 100 millivolts.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of faint

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“Snowy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snowy. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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