Synonyms for submersion

Most common

immersion · submergence · dousing · drowning · submersal

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   The act of submerging, or the state of being submerged; immersion

2. n. 2

   A differentiable map whose differential is everywhere surjective.

Related words

Word family

submerse submersible submerge

Forms

Plural

submersions → immersions, submergences, dousings, duckings…

Example sentences

• immersion Orthodox Christians prefer to baptize by immersion.
• dousing He forgot his umbrella home and got caught in a dousing downpour.
• drowning Ziri remembered almost drowning when he was a kid.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

7 letters

ducking², dousing²

8 letters

drowning²

9 letters

immersion³, submersal

11 letters

submergence³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ducking² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

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