Flood Synonyms and Antonyms

flŭd
An overwhelming quantity
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. spate
  2. outpouring
  3. inundation
  4. current
  5. drift
  6. flow
  7. flux
  8. rush
  9. abundance
  10. flood-tide
  11. stream
  12. superabundance
  13. surge
  14. tide
  15. deluge
  16. torrent
  17. rising tide
To affect as if by an outpouring of water
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. deluge
  2. inundate
  3. overwhelm
  4. swamp
  5. whelm
To come or go in large numbers
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. pour
  2. swarm
  3. throng
  4. troop
Light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. floodlight
  2. flood lamp
  3. photoflood
The act of flooding; filling to overflowing
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. flowage
A large amount or number, especially when moving from one place to another:
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. flow
Synonyms:
(Adjective)
  1. cataclysmic
  2. diluvial
  3. flooded
  4. flooding
  5. inundatory
  6. postdiluvian

Words Related to Flood

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Flood Sentence Examples

  • Carmen felt warmth flood her face.

  • No stone left unturned until I see the blood of my tipster-nemesis flood the ground beneath her panicked body.

  • A soft light was beginning to flood the bedroom when she finally fell into an exhausted sleep.

  • In a flood of tears and half-controlled sobs she got to her feet, and handkerchief to her face, dashed across the room toward the entrance.

  • Midhat caused many of the dams to be destroyed and for some years occasional steamers were run between Meskene and Hillah in flood time, from April to August.

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