WINDLESS Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

windless

adjective

Definition of windless

as in cloudless

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Adjective

On a serene, cloudless day, these cars need only exchange thimblefuls of data with one another.

— Ana I. Pérez-Neira, IEEE Spectrum, 7 Apr. 2026
Outside, the sky was cloudless; the temperature had hovered for weeks around sixty degrees.

— Nell Freudenberger, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026

Definition of cloudless

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The state also has a Mediterranean climate where invasive grasses, originally imported by European colonizers and their farm animals, flourish madly after winter rains and then die back during rainless summers.

— Ingfei Chen, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026
As Florida’s winter dry season stretched into a near rainless wet season, the central Everglades has withered into extreme drought conditions.

— Jenny Staletovich, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of rainless

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The Olympia, Washington songwriter known for underground rap production pivots to sunny, nostalgic power-pop with distinct affection for the college-rock era.

— Jeff Yerger, Pitchfork, 19 Oct. 2026
The sunny front porch, which overlooks a community fountain and gazebo on a stretch of land that replicates a New England town green, only adds to its appeal.

— James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of sunny

Adjective

With her huge yellow hair, chambray-blue wardrobe, and sunshiny radiance, Parton was engineered to beam straight through the screen into every American home.

— David Kamp, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2026
Create a sunshiny mix by planting pale yellow 'Moonbeam' alongside the richer, more golden 'Zagreb,' Yost says.

— Ann Hinga Klein, Martha Stewart, 7 May 2026

Definition of sunshiny

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