Synonyms for drown
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1. drownverb

   Synonyms:
   flood

2. drownverb

   To be suffocated in water or other fluid; to perish by such suffocation.

   Synonyms:
   flood

3. drownverb

   To deprive of life by immersion in water or other liquid.

   Synonyms:
   flood

4. drownverb

   To overwhelm in water; to submerge; to inundate.

   Synonyms:
   flood

5. drownverb

   To overpower; to overcome; to extinguish; said especially of sound; usually in the form to drown out

   Synonyms:
   flood

6. drownverb

   To lose, make hard to find or unnoticeable in an abundant mass

   The CIA gathers so much information that the actual answers it should seek are often drowned in the incessant flood of reports, recordings, satellite images etc.

   Synonyms:
   flood

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. drown

   Synonyms:
   sink, immerse, swamp, overwhelm, engulf, deluge, inundate, submerge

   Antonyms:
   dry, drain, expose, air, ventilate

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1. submerge, drown, overwhelmverb

   cover completely or make imperceptible

   "I was drowned in work"; "The noise drowned out her speech"

   Synonyms:
   sweep over, overcome, flood out, submerge, overtake, inundate, overwhelm, deluge, overpower, overmaster, whelm, swim, submerse

2. drownverb

   get rid of as if by submerging

   "She drowned her trouble in alcohol"

   Synonyms:
   overwhelm, submerge, swim

3. drownverb

   die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating

   "The child drowned in the lake"

   Synonyms:
   overwhelm, submerge, swim

4. drownverb

   kill by submerging in water

   "He drowned the kittens"

   Synonyms:
   overwhelm, submerge, swim

5. swim, drownverb

   be covered with or submerged in a liquid

   "the meat was swimming in a fatty gravy"

   Synonyms:
   overwhelm, submerge, float, swim

Matched Categories

1. • Be
   • Die
   • Get Rid Of
   • Kill

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. drownverb

   Synonyms:
   kill by immersing

2. drownverb

   Synonyms:
   overflow, inundate, deluge, overwhelm, flood

3. drownverb

   Synonyms:
   overcome, overpower

4. drownverb

   Synonyms:
   be drowned

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1. drownverb

   Synonyms:
   overwhelm, submerge, flood, inundate, deluge

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1. List of paraphrases for "drown":

   walnut, drowns, drowned, drone, drowning, sank, submerge, sink

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1. Harold Trompetero:

   When we were writing the script I came across a quote by Darwin that said in the evolution of the species it wasn't the most intelligent or the strongest who survived, but the ones who adapted best, for a long time we'll need to adapt ourselves to new ways of doing things under these circumstances. If not, we will drown.

2. unknown:

   Women like you drown oceans.

3. Robert Twilley:

   Thus the wetlands basically drown.

4. Harold Trompetero:

   For a long time we'll need to adapt ourselves to new ways of doing things under these circumstances. If not, we will drown.

5. New York:

   She drove passengers through 3 to 4 feet of water. I watched that video. The water... was in the bus. People are literally standing on their seats to make sure that they did not drown inside a bus.