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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1. David Dowdy:

   I think it's important for us to realize that in some ways, we are already in the midst of a surge, there are indicators that the amount of transmission happening in this country right now, while not the same as it was this past winter, is at the levels that we were seeing during the Delta wave... But what we're not seeing are the same rise in hospitalizations and deaths -- so, we're seeing a small uptick but not the same tremendous rise that we've seen with some of these previous waves.

2. Damon Cecil:

   What we're seeing here is a surge of illegal drugs... because Border Patrol is tied up and they know manpower out here is limited.

3. George Conway:

   It certainly isnt a bluff ; you can take the president seriously, and heres why, what hes looking at is that [ there were ] 4,000 migrants apprehended in one day recently. Were on track this month for close to 100,000. We have never seen a surge like this.

4. Defense Minister Harpist Sajjan said:

   Probably by the end of today you'll have about 150 to 200 personnel on the ground ready to provide support. This could surge up to anywhere between 250 to 300 by tomorrow and the coming days.

5. Brenda Cassellius:

   We need our teachers to be included in those tests because right now vaccinated students and teachers are not included in those tests. We do need some shifts in policy, particularly when we are in times of surge.