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

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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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How to use surge in a sentence?

1. Tai Wong:

   Yellen talking about full employment by 2022 with $2 trillion in stimulus is driving the likelihood of a surge in inflation, which is good for gold.

2. Tim Murtaugh:

   We had a lot of things prepared just in case the Democrats were, in fact, that stupid. And in fact, they were, so we're probably going to have a tremendous fundraising surge. We think that this gets the president just that much closer to a landslide victory.

3. Scott Gottlieb:

   We're not going to see a confluent epidemic, but we'll see these hotspots, so we need to get in the habit of trying to surge resources into those hotspots to put out those fires of spread.

4. Roshan Padmadan:

   It's a parabolic surge before the burst. It doesn't reflect the real economy, the property market may cause a serious detribalization of the Chinese banking sector.

5. Allen Sills:

   It’s one part of our mitigation strategy but it’s not the key part, it’s not testing alone that will get us through this surge.