Synonyms for Flood
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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 AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. flood

   Synonyms:
   deluge, inundation, abundance

   Antonyms:
   drought, drain, ebb, scarcity, subsidence

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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, flood, 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, flood, 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, flood, alluvion, photoflood

4. flood, overflow, outpouringnoun

   a large flow

   Synonyms:
   outflow, run, deluge, overspill, onslaught, runoff, discharge, rising tide, overflow, gush, spring, flood, 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, flood, 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, flood, 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, flood, 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, flood, 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

Matched Categories

1. • Batch
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   • Filling
   • Flow
   • Light
   • Supply

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1. floodnoun

   Synonyms:
   inundation, deluge, overflow, freshet

2. floodnoun

   Synonyms:
   great flow

3. floodverb

   Synonyms:
   overflow, inundate, deluge, flow

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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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1. List of paraphrases for "flood":

   flooding, floods, inundation, deluge, avalanche, influx, raw, floodwater, freshet, flow, torrent, wave, inundate

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1. Willie Euper:

   At about 5:30 this morning, we heard a big boom on the side of our house, then all of a sudden it came in like a tidal wave, they told us about the big flood coming and everybody was kind of skeptical cause Ive been out here for 11 years and Ive never seen this.

2. President Jakaya Kikwete:

   This is not the first time the flood waters have gotten into my house, but I think this time it was too much.

3. Brett Hagler:

   They're living in literally a pieced-together shack that during the rainy season, it will rain and it will flood their shack. Some of the women even said that the water will go up to their knees when it rains, sometimes for months.

4. The United:

   I'm also concerned that the administration revoked the flood hazard mitigation standard [ that ] required buildings to be elevated [ and ] have a national standard in that area.

5. Lauren Leander:

   Our main message was that we wanted healthcare workers' voices to be heard louder than misinformation and fear, there will be a calm and controlled manner to reopen our economy and our state... you don't open the flood gates and release everyone at once.