Synonyms for surge

Most common

upsurge · wave · rush · crescendo

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

Verb

Antonyms

decline, drop, decrease

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Definitions

1. n. 1

   A sudden transient rush, flood or increase.

   He felt a surge of excitement.

2. v. 1

   To rush, flood, or increase suddenly.

   Toaster sales surged last year.

Related words

Phrases

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Forms

Plural

surges → upsurges, waves, spates, rushes…

Past participle

surged
e.g. surged → soared, zoomed, jolted, tided…

Example sentences

• wave You are my sand; I am your wave; sweat is our sea.
• rush She started early in order to avoid the rush hour.
• crescendo The overwhelming crescendo by the orchestra was exciting.
• upsurge An upsurge in cases reminded the people that the pandemic was not over yet.
• swell I didn't know what made my leg swell up like that.
• torrent For a man, passion is a torrent; for a woman, an abyss.

Popularity over time

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

By length

3 letters

bob¹

4 letters

send¹, wave¹, rush¹, dash¹, tide¹, jerk¹, zoom¹, soar¹, jolt¹

5 letters

swell¹, heave¹, spate¹

6 letters

breach¹, billow², inrush

7 letters

breaker², torrent², upsurge²

9 letters

crescendo³, overswell

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (billow² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

montée

Italiano

salita