Synonyms for flood
- noun
- verb
Most common
overflow flow outpouring abundance inundation torrent floodlight
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
2. Inundation
inundation, torrent, alluvion rare
3. Floodlight
floodlight, photoflood rare
Verb
1. Deluge — to provide (someone or something) with a larger number or quantity of something than can easily be dealt with
2. Glut
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
An overflow of a large amount of water (usually disastrous) from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.
- n. 2
A large number or quantity of anything appearing more rapidly than can easily be dealt with.
- v. 1
To provide (someone or something) with a larger number or quantity of something than can easily be dealt with.
The station's switchboard was flooded with listeners making complaints.
- v. 2
To overflow, as by water from excessive rainfall.
The basement flooded with rainwater.
Related words
Example sentences
- flow Benedito watched the water flow through the canal.
- overflow Out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.
- tide The wind and tide impelled the ship to the shore.
- blizzard What's the difference between snow and a blizzard?
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| flood | falling | |
| flow | falling | |
| overflow | falling | |
| outpouring | rising | |
| inundation | steady | |
| tide | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- flow1, tide1, spam1, glut1
- 5 letters
- swamp1, drown1
- 6 letters
- deluge2
- 7 letters
- torrent2, flowage, freshet
- 8 letters
- blizzard2, overflow3, submerge2, alluvium4, inundate3, overfill3, alluvion
- 9 letters
- abundance3, multitude3, cataclysm4, profusion3
- 10 letters
- outpouring3, inundation4, oversupply4, floodlight2, photoflood
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (deluge2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- inondation
- Italiano
- allagamento
- Deutsch
- Überschwemmung
- Català
- inundació