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Synonyms for flood
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Wiktionary5.0 / 1 vote

  1. Floodnoun

    Synonyms:
    inundate, deluge, overfill, swamp, Deluge

  2. floodverb

    The flood referred to in the Book of Genesis in the Old Testament.

    Synonyms:
    Deluge, swamp, overfill, deluge, inundate

  3. floodverb

    A large number or quantity of anything appearing more rapidly than can easily be dealt with.

    Synonyms:
    deluge, overfill, inundate, swamp

  4. floodverb

    A floodlight

    The station's switchboard was flooded with listeners making complaints.

    Synonyms:
    swamp, overfill, inundate, deluge

  5. floodverb

    To paste numerous lines of text to a chat system in order to disrupt the conversation.

    Synonyms:
    deluge, inundate, overfill, swamp

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. flood

    Synonyms:
    deluge, inundation, abundance

    Antonyms:
    drought, drain, ebb, scarcity, subsidence

Princeton's WordNet2.0 / 1 vote

  1. flood, inundation, deluge, alluvionnoun

    the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land

    "plains fertilized by annual inundations"

    Synonyms:
    alluvial sediment, waterspout, pelter, soaker, deluge, floodlight, cloudburst, rising tide, overflow, alluvial deposit, downpour, alluvion, alluvium, flowage, inundation, flood tide, flood lamp, photoflood, outpouring, torrent

  2. flood, inundation, deluge, torrentnoun

    an overwhelming number or amount

    "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse"

    Synonyms:
    waterspout, pelter, soaker, deluge, floodlight, cloudburst, rising tide, overflow, violent stream, downpour, alluvion, flowage, inundation, flood tide, flood lamp, photoflood, outpouring, torrent

  3. flood, floodlight, flood lamp, photofloodnoun

    light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography

    Synonyms:
    flood lamp, rising tide, floodlight, flood tide, overflow, outpouring, torrent, flowage, deluge, inundation, alluvion, photoflood

  4. flood, overflow, outpouringnoun

    a large flow

    Synonyms:
    outflow, run, deluge, overspill, onslaught, runoff, discharge, rising tide, overflow, gush, spring, torrent, natural spring, alluvion, flowage, inundation, flood tide, flood lamp, bombardment, fountain, photoflood, outpouring, barrage, flush, floodlight

  5. flood, flowagenoun

    the act of flooding; filling to overflowing

    Synonyms:
    flood lamp, rising tide, floodlight, flood tide, overflow, outpouring, torrent, flowage, deluge, inundation, alluvion, photoflood

  6. flood tide, flood, rising tideverb

    the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide)

    "a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune" -Shakespeare

    Synonyms:
    flood lamp, rising tide, floodlight, flood tide, overflow, outpouring, climax, torrent, flowage, deluge, inundation, alluvion, photoflood

  7. deluge, flood, inundate, swampverb

    fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid

    "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind"

    Synonyms:
    submerge, oversupply, swamp, flood out, glut, inundate, overwhelm, deluge, drench

  8. floodverb

    cover with liquid, usually water

    "The swollen river flooded the village"; "The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes"

    Synonyms:
    glut, swamp, deluge, inundate, oversupply

  9. flood, oversupply, glutverb

    supply with an excess of

    "flood the market with tennis shoes"; "Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient"

    Synonyms:
    stuff, scarf out, gorge, deluge, pig out, gourmandize, oversupply, swamp, englut, glut, satiate, overgorge, overindulge, inundate, engorge, binge, gormandize, ingurgitate, overeat, gormandise

  10. floodverb

    become filled to overflowing

    "Our basement flooded during the heavy rains"

    Synonyms:
    glut, swamp, deluge, inundate, oversupply

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. floodnoun

    Synonyms:
    inundation, deluge, overflow, freshet

  2. floodnoun

    Synonyms:
    great flow

  3. floodverb

    Synonyms:
    overflow, inundate, deluge, flow

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. floodnoun

    Synonyms:
    deluge, inundation, overflow, cataclysm, freshet

    Associated words:
    antediluvial, antediluvian, diluvial, diluvian, alluvium, alluvial, alluvion

  2. floodverb

    Synonyms:
    inundate, deluge, overflow, submerge

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How to use flood in a sentence?

  1. Nirwono Joga:

    There aren't a lot of people who realize the impact of climate change, when the flood recedes and people get back to their homes and resume normal activities, flood management or concrete actions to combat climate change will be forgotten too.

  2. Ken Campbell:

    The general hypothesis is that - first of all, these monkeys were very small, they’re about the size of a small squirrel with a long tail. So they’re very small and as a consequence their food and water requirements would be much less than if they were very large. So the general hypothesis is that there were monkeys on a river bank. During flood season, trees get swept into the river and carried out to the ocean. As vegetation rafts, [the trees are] carried across on the Atlantic based on wind and current directions. This remains a hypothesis- there’s no proof yet, although the similarities between the monkeys suggests that it did happen.

  3. Tyler Martel in Hay River:

    What a night this has been. Entire town on flood evacuation... half the town has water and ice in it, never seen this before my life and hope to never see it again. Stay safe everyone...

  4. Columbia Gas:

    Shoemaker said.Lastly, after Columbia Gas is sold, an independent monitor chosen by the U.S. Department of Transportation will monitor a new companys activities to ensure compliance with state and federal safety regulations and report it to the government on a monthly basis. NiSource also has subsidiaries in Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Kentucky and Virginia. As per a separate agreement, it will implement the recommendations made by the national transportation safety board in the wake of the gas explosions in Massachusetts two years ago. SUPREME COURT HEARS ATLANTIC COAST PIPELINE CASE, ROBERTS WARNS OF IMPERMEABLE BARRIER ALONG APPALACHIAN TRAIL Columbia Gas, through a pattern of flagrant indifference, in the face of extreme risk to life and property, knowingly violated minimum safety standards for starting up and shutting down gas pipelines, Shoemaker said. Federal investigators blamed the explosions on over-pressurized gas lines, saying the company failed to account for critical pressure sensors as workers replaced century-old cast-iron pipes in Lawrence. That omission caused high-pressure gas to flood the neighborhoods distribution system at excessive levels. Todays resolution with the U.S. Attorneys Office is an important part of addressing the impact.

  5. Yoshinagi Higuchi:

    I checked the flood hazard map but it didn't have my area as being at risk, i heard there was a flood once before the war, but we just weren't expecting the water to come over the levee despite all the warnings.


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