What is another word for torrent?

Synonyms for torrent
ˈtɔr ənt, ˈtɒr-tor·rent

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Princeton's WordNet2.0 / 3 votes

  1. downpour, cloudburst, deluge, waterspout, torrent, pelter, soakernoun

    a heavy rain

    Synonyms:
    waterspout, pelter, alky, deluge, lush, cloudburst, souse, boozer, violent stream, flood, downpour, dipsomaniac, alluvion, inundation, alcoholic, soaker

  2. torrent, violent streamnoun

    a violently fast stream of water (or other liquid)

    "the houses were swept away in the torrent"

    Synonyms:
    waterspout, pelter, inundation, downpour, deluge, cloudburst, soaker, flood, violent stream

  3. 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, flood, downpour, alluvion, flowage, inundation, flood tide, flood lamp, photoflood, outpouring

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Dictionary of English Synonymes2.8 / 4 votes

  1. torrentnoun

    Synonyms:
    rapid stream, strong current

  2. torrentnoun

    Synonyms:
    rapid flow

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "torrent":

    deluge, blaze, stream, flood, avalanche, outpouring

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#2094stream
#4817flood
#10774torrent
#11680alcoholic
#12225overflow
#14341avalanche
#14822lush
#15546blaze
#42724deluge
#53663outpouring
#64094inundation
#71185downpour
#77958boozer
#82637floodlight
#85487soaker
#141923flowage
#144746cloudburst
#225830waterspout

How to use torrent in a sentence?

  1. Bill Werde:

    If youre a music fan and you appreciate the history of Woodstock as a cultural, pinnacle moment, even as a brand, its hard not to be sad about this seemingly never-ending torrent of missteps and false hopes, for the sake of the legacy of Woodstock, I kind of wish they would stop. Its like watching a boxer who just wont stay down when he really should.

  2. Alexis de Tocqueville:

    Born often under another sky, placed in the middle of an always moving scene, himself driven by the irresistible torrent which draws all about him, the American has no time to tie himself to anything, he grows accustomed only to change, and ends by regarding it as the natural state of man. He feels the need of it, more he loves it; for the instability; instead of meaning disaster to him, seems to give birth only to miracles all about him.

  3. Joe Bollard:

    It's a trickle rather than a torrent at this early stage but this does create a real medium term window of opportunity for Ireland.

  4. Mr Calder:

    He must’ve gotten caught in a torrent and confused, beached himself on the side of the road.

  5. Theocritus:

    Now begins a torrent of words and a trickling of sense.


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