rainmaker

rain·mak·er

R r

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [reyn-mey-ker]
- /ˈreɪnˌmeɪ kər/
- /ˈreɪnˌmeɪkər/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [reyn-mey-ker]
- /ˈreɪnˌmeɪ kər/

Definitions of rainmaker word

noun rainmaker (among American Indians) a medicine man who by various rituals and incantations seeks to cause rain. 1
noun rainmaker a person who induces rainfall by using various scientific techniques, as the seeding of clouds with silver iodide crystals from an airplane. 1
noun rainmaker Slang. an executive or lawyer with exceptional ability to attract clients, use political connections, increase profits, etc.: The president has several rainmakers among his advisers. 1
noun rainmaker Native American shaman 1
noun rainmaker sb who attracts business 1
noun rainmaker (among Native Americans) a professional practitioner of ritual incantations or other actions intended to cause rain to fall 0

See all 12 definitions of rainmaker

Information block about the term

Origin of rainmaker

First appearance:

before 1765

One of the 46% newest English words

An Americanism dating back to 1765-75; rain + maker

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Rainmaker

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Rainmaker

rainmaker popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 53% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

rainmaker usage trend in Literature

This diagram is provided by Google Ngram Viewer

Synonyms for rainmaker

noun rainmaker

cloud seeding — any technique of adding material to a cloud to alter its natural development, usually to increase or obtain precipitation.
nucleation — having a nucleus.

All 2 Synonyms of rainmaker