Synonyms for deluge
- noun
- verb
Definitions
- n. 1
A great flood or rain.
The deluge continued for hours, drenching the land and slowing traffic to a halt.
- n. 2
An overwhelming amount of something; anything that overwhelms or causes great destruction.
The rock concert was a deluge of sound.
- v. 1
To flood with water.
Some areas were deluged with a month's worth of rain in 24 hours.
- v. 2
To overwhelm.
After the announcement, they were deluged with requests for more information.
Example sentences
- torrent For a man, passion is a torrent; for a woman, an abyss.
- downpour That river quickly overflowed due to the downpour.
- cataclysm Tom lives in constant fear of a cataclysm.
By length
- 4 letters
- flow1, rush1
- 5 letters
- flood1, swamp1, drown1
- 6 letters
- myriad3, soaker2, pelter
- 7 letters
- torrent2
- 8 letters
- overflow3, downpour2, submerge2, inundate3, alluvion
- 9 letters
- overwhelm3, cataclysm4
- 10 letters
- inundation4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (myriad3 = 3 syllables).