Synonyms for drown
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1. drownverb

   Synonyms:
   flood

2. drownverb

   To be suffocated in water or other fluid; to perish by such suffocation.

   Synonyms:
   flood

3. drownverb

   To deprive of life by immersion in water or other liquid.

   Synonyms:
   flood

4. drownverb

   To overwhelm in water; to submerge; to inundate.

   Synonyms:
   flood

5. drownverb

   To overpower; to overcome; to extinguish; said especially of sound; usually in the form to drown out

   Synonyms:
   flood

6. drownverb

   To lose, make hard to find or unnoticeable in an abundant mass

   The CIA gathers so much information that the actual answers it should seek are often drowned in the incessant flood of reports, recordings, satellite images etc.

   Synonyms:
   flood

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. drown

   Synonyms:
   sink, immerse, swamp, overwhelm, engulf, deluge, inundate, submerge

   Antonyms:
   dry, drain, expose, air, ventilate

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1. submerge, drown, overwhelmverb

   cover completely or make imperceptible

   "I was drowned in work"; "The noise drowned out her speech"

   Synonyms:
   sweep over, overcome, flood out, submerge, overtake, inundate, overwhelm, deluge, overpower, overmaster, whelm, swim, submerse

2. drownverb

   get rid of as if by submerging

   "She drowned her trouble in alcohol"

   Synonyms:
   overwhelm, submerge, swim

3. drownverb

   die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating

   "The child drowned in the lake"

   Synonyms:
   overwhelm, submerge, swim

4. drownverb

   kill by submerging in water

   "He drowned the kittens"

   Synonyms:
   overwhelm, submerge, swim

5. swim, drownverb

   be covered with or submerged in a liquid

   "the meat was swimming in a fatty gravy"

   Synonyms:
   overwhelm, submerge, float, swim

Matched Categories

1. • Be
   • Die
   • Get Rid Of
   • Kill

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. drownverb

   Synonyms:
   kill by immersing

2. drownverb

   Synonyms:
   overflow, inundate, deluge, overwhelm, flood

3. drownverb

   Synonyms:
   overcome, overpower

4. drownverb

   Synonyms:
   be drowned

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1. drownverb

   Synonyms:
   overwhelm, submerge, flood, inundate, deluge

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1. List of paraphrases for "drown":

   walnut, drowns, drowned, drone, drowning, sank, submerge, sink

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1. Anthon St Maarten:

   We have created a manic world nauseous with the pursuit of material wealth. Many also bear their cross of imagined deprivation, while their fellow human beings remain paralyzed by real poverty. We drown in the thick sweetness of our sensual excess, and our shameless opulence, while our discontent souls suffocate in the arid wasteland of spiritual deprivation.

2. The IEA:

   Although we do not formally forecast OPEC oil production, in a scenario whereby Iran adds 600,000 bpd to the market by mid-year and other members maintain current output, global oil supply could exceed demand by 1.5 million bpd in the first half of 2016, while the pace of stock-building eases in the second half of the year as supply from non-OPEC producers falls, unless something changes, the oil market could drown in over-supply. So the answer to our question is an emphatic yes. It could go lower.

3. Michael J. Gelb:

   Crazy people who are productive are geniuses. Crazy people who are rich are eccentric. Crazy people who are neither productive nor rich are just plain crazy. Geniuses and crazy people are both out in the middle of a deep ocean geniuses swim, crazy people drown. Most of us are sitting safely on the shore. Take a chance and get your feet wet.

4. Yiddish Proverb:

   If a man is destined to drown, he will drown even in a spoonful of water.

5. John Alejandro King:

   You don't drink to drown your sorrows, you drink to give them mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.