Synonyms for surge
sɜrdʒsurge

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1. surgenoun

   Synonyms:
   inrush

2. surgenoun

   To rush, flood, or increase suddenly.

   Toaster sales surged last year.

   Synonyms:
   inrush

3. surgenoun

   To accelerate forwards, particularly suddenly.

   A ship surges forwards, sways sideways and heaves up.

   Synonyms:
   inrush

4. surgenoun

   To slack off a line.

   A power surge at that generator created a blackout across the whole district.

   Synonyms:
   inrush

5. surgenoun

   The swell or heave of the sea. (FM 55-501).

   Synonyms:
   inrush

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:4.0 / 6 votes

1. rush, spate, surge, upsurgenoun

   a sudden forceful flow

   Synonyms:
   tidy sum, wad, peck, mint, haste, plenty, lot, batch, raft, quite a little, passel, spate, muckle, rushing, pile, kick, good deal, stack, mountain, sight, billow, deal, heap, boot, freshet, thrill, flock, hatful, mickle, slew, charge, upsurge, mess, mass, hurry, flush, rush, bang, great deal, pot

2. surge, upsurgenoun

   a sudden or abrupt strong increase

   "stimulated a surge of speculation"; "an upsurge of emotion"; "an upsurge in violent crime"

   Synonyms:
   spate, billow, upsurge, rush

3. billow, surgeverb

   a large sea wave

   Synonyms:
   spate, billow, upsurge, rush

4. billow, surge, heaveverb

   rise and move, as in waves or billows

   "The army surged forward"

   Synonyms:
   warp, buckle, scend, soar up, heave, gag, balloon, soar, zoom, pant, inflate, heft up, puff, wallow, gasp, heft, tide, billow, retch, heave up, soar upwards

5. soar, soar up, soar upwards, surge, zoomverb

   rise rapidly

   "the dollar soared against the yen"

   Synonyms:
   tide, soar upwards, hang glide, soar up, heave, zoom, sailplane, zoom along, scend, whizz along, whizz, billow, soar

6. tide, surgeverb

   rise or move forward

   "surging waves"

   Synonyms:
   tide, soar upwards, soar up, heave, zoom, scend, billow, soar

7. scend, surgeverb

   rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave

   "the boats surged"

   Synonyms:
   tide, soar upwards, soar up, heave, zoom, scend, billow, soar

8. surgeverb

   see one's performance improve

   "He levelled the score and then surged ahead"

   Synonyms:
   soar upwards, heave, soar up, tide, zoom, scend, billow, soar

Matched Categories

1. • Flow
   • Improve
   • Inflate
   • Sport

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. surgenoun

   Synonyms:
   wave, billow, breaker

2. surgeverb

   Synonyms:
   swell, rise high

3. surgeverb

   Synonyms:
   (Naut.) slip back

4. surgeverb

   Synonyms:
   (Naut.) slack up suddenly (as a rope round a pin), let go

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "surge":

   wave, increase, rise, upsurge, reflux, boom, outbreak, disposer, rises, leap, resurgence, influx

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1. List of known nicknames for "Surge":

   S. Bratch

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1. Jeffrey Simmons:

   Dorian will now create prolonged periods of large swells, surges along the north coast of Grand Bahama and the north and east coast of Abaco, we are asking residents in those areas to leave the coastline, we expect a storm surge of up to 15 feet, in addition to that we have a spring tide that can increase the surge by 2 to 3 feet.

2. Cory Booker:

   Look, the last debate was unbelievable. We had our best fundraising days online in the entire campaign. The surge since then -- even my New Hampshire trip we were kind of blown away, so we see the energy, we see the surge. If we can continue raising money online, we're going to start doing paid advertising, like you're seeing from a number of campaigns -- it's helping their polling numbers.

3. Calvin Miller, The Singer Trilogy:

   Love is substance; Lust, illusion. Only in the surge of passion do the two mingle in confusion.

4. William Cocks:

   Nearly 10 years after implementation of the WHTI and the associated surge of passport applications, the Bureau of Consular Affairs is preparing for an anticipated surge as those applicants renew their passports.

5. Shah Asad Rizvi:

   Lose yourself beyond the identity of names, there is much to express, not with eyes or lips, but with the surge of dancing steps