Synonyms for flood
noun
A great flow of water
deluge, surge, tide, high tide, freshet, overflow, torrent, flash flood, inundation, alluvion, wave, bore, flood tide, eagre, tidal flood, tidal flow.
An overwhelming quantity
outpouring, spate, abundance, superabundance; see sense 1, plenty.
verb
inundate, swamp, overflow, deluge, submerge, drown, engulf, immerse, brim over, rush upon, overwhelm.
See flood in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
noun
An abundant, usually overwhelming flow or fall, as of a river or rain:
alluvion, cataclysm, cataract, deluge, downpour, freshet, inundation, Niagara, overflow, torrent. (Chiefly British) spate. See bigSomething suggestive of running water:
current, drift, flow, flux, rush, spate, stream, surge, tide. See move
verb
To flow over completely:
deluge, drown, engulf, flush, inundate, overflow, overwhelm, submerge, whelm. See fullTo affect as if by an outpouring of water:
deluge, inundate, overwhelm, swamp, whelm. See fullTo come or go in large numbers:
pour, swarm, throng, troop. See big, move
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