Synonyms for reflux
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
The backwards flow of any fluid.
Related words
- Phrases
- acid reflux gastric reflux gastroesophageal reflux
- Is a kind of
- flow flux
Forms
- Plural
- refluxes → backflows, backfluxes, regurgitations, ebbs…
Example sentences
- regurgitation This is all brain dead regurgitation of a lazy theory.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| reflux | steady | |
| backflow | steady | |
| backflux | falling | |
| regurgitation | rising | |
| refluence | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- ebb1
- 7 letters
- regress2
- 8 letters
- backflow, backflux
- 9 letters
- refluence
- 13 letters
- regurgitation
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (regress2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- reflux