I might as well drown as starve.
Source: tatoeba (20077)
Drown
//dɹaʊn//
Synonyms for "drown" (105 found)
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Closest matches (21)
Strong matches (32)
Related words (52)
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More general
29 entriesShowing 16 of 29 words.
Synonyms
3 entriesderived
20 entriesShowing 16 of 20 words.
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1 entriesmanner of
5 entriesrelated to
16 entriesTranslations
220 translations across 91 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- verdrink verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
- versuip verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
Aklanon
1 entries- eumos verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
Albanian
1 entries- mbytem verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
Ancient Greek
4 entries- καταποντίζομαι verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
- καταποντίζω verb (to deprive of life by immersion in liquid)
- καταποντόομαι verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
- καταποντόω verb (to deprive of life by immersion in liquid)
Arabic
4 entries- أَغْرَقَ verb (to deprive of life by immersion in liquid)
- غَرَّق verb (to deprive of life by immersion in liquid)
- غَرِقَ verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
- غِرِق verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
Armenian
3 entries- խեղդել verb (to deprive of life by immersion in liquid)
- խեղդվել verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
- ջրահեղձ լինել verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
Asturian
1 entries- afogar verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- boğmaq verb (to deprive of life by immersion in liquid)
- boğulmaq verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
Belarusian
2 entries- тану́ць verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
- тапі́ць verb (to deprive of life by immersion in liquid)
Bengali
1 entries- মজান verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
Bulgarian
4 entries- да́вя verb (to deprive of life by immersion in liquid)
- да́вя се verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
- заглушавам verb (to overpower)
- заливам verb (to overwhelm in water)
Burmese
1 entries- ရေနစ် verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
Catalan
4 entries- negar verb (to deprive of life by immersion in liquid)
- negar-se verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
- ofegar verb (to deprive of life by immersion in liquid)
- ofegar-se verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎠᎬᎦ verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 浸死 verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 把...淹死 verb (to deprive of life by immersion in liquid)
- 淹死 verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
- 溺死 verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
- 溺水 verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
Czech
4 entries- potopit verb (to overwhelm in water)
- přehlušit verb (to overpower)
- topit verb (to deprive of life by immersion in liquid)
- utopit verb (to deprive of life by immersion in liquid)
Danish
2 entries- drukne verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
- drukne verb (to deprive of life by immersion in liquid)
Dutch
4 entries- overspoelen verb (to overwhelm in water)
- overspoelen verb (to overpower)
- overweldigen verb (to overpower)
- verdrinken verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
Esperanto
2 entries- droni verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
- dronigi verb (to deprive of life by immersion in liquid)
Finnish
4 entries- hukkua verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
- hukuttaa verb (to deprive of life by immersion in liquid)
- hukuttaa verb (to overwhelm in water)
- hukuttaa verb (to overpower)
French
2 entries- noyer verb (to deprive of life by immersion in liquid)
- se noyer verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
Galician
1 entries- afogar verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
German
3 entries- ertrinken verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
- ertränken verb (to deprive of life by immersion in liquid)
- überwältigen verb (to overpower)
Greek
2 entries- πνίγομαι verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
- πνίγω verb (to deprive of life by immersion in liquid)
Hausa
1 entries- nutsar verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
Hebrew
3 entries- הטביע verb (to deprive of life by immersion in liquid)
- טָבַע verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
- טבע verb (to overwhelm in water)
Hindi
2 entries- डुबाना verb (to deprive of life by immersion in liquid)
- डूबना verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
Hungarian
2 entries- fullad verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
- vízbe fojt verb (to deprive of life by immersion in liquid)
Icelandic
1 entries- drukkna verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
Indonesian
2 entries- menenggelamkan verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
- tenggelam verb (to deprive of life by immersion in liquid)
Ingrian
3 entries- hukkua verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
- upota verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
- upottaa verb (to overwhelm in water)
Irish
2 entries- báigh verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
- báigh verb (to deprive of life by immersion in liquid)
Italian
4 entries- affogare verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
- affogare verb (to deprive of life by immersion in liquid)
- affogare verb (to overwhelm in water)
- annegare verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
Japanese
4 entries- 圧倒する verb (to overpower)
- 水死する verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
- 溺らす verb (to deprive of life by immersion in liquid)
- 溺れる verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
Kannada
1 entries- ಹಾಕುತ್ತದೆ verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
Kapampangan
1 entries- lumud verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
Khmer
1 entries- លង់ទឹក verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
Korean
1 entries- 물에 뼈져 죽다 verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- чөгүү verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
Latgalian
1 entries- sleikt verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
Latin
4 entries- mergor verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
- mergō verb (to deprive of life by immersion in liquid)
- summergor verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
- summergō verb (to deprive of life by immersion in liquid)
Latvian
2 entries- noslīkt verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
- slīkt verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
Lithuanian
1 entries- skęsti verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
Lombard
3 entries- negar (annegar) verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
- negar (annegar) verb (to deprive of life by immersion in liquid)
- negà verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
Lower Sorbian
2 entries- zalaś verb (to deprive of life by immersion in liquid)
- zalaś se verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
Macanese
2 entries- afugâ verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
- afugâ verb (to deprive of life by immersion in liquid)
Macedonian
1 entries- удави verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
Malay
1 entries- lemas verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
Malayalam
4 entries- മുക്കിക്കൊല്ലുക verb (to deprive of life by immersion in liquid)
- മുക്കിത്താഴ്ത്തുക verb (to deprive of life by immersion in liquid)
- മുങ്ങിച്ചാവുക verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
- മുങ്ങിത്താഴുക verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
Maltese
1 entries- għereq verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
Manchu
2 entries- ᠰᡝᠩᠰᡝᡵᡝᠪᡠᠮᠪᡳ verb (to deprive of life by immersion in liquid)
- ᠰᡝᠩᠰᡝᡵᡝᠮᠪᡳ verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
Marathi
1 entries- बुडणे verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
Mokilese
1 entries- pwuhrla verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
Māori
1 entries- tukupunga verb (to deprive of life by immersion in liquid)
Nepali
1 entries- डुबा verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- hunwa verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
Norman
2 entries- n'yer verb (to deprive of life by immersion in liquid)
- s'n'yer verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
Norwegian
1 entries- drukne verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
Old English
3 entries- ādrenċan verb (to deprive of life by immersion in liquid)
- ādrenċan verb (to overwhelm in water)
- ādrincan verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- بوغمق verb (to deprive of life by immersion in liquid)
Persian
2 entries- فرورفتن verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
- فروشدن verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- veseepen verb (to deprive of life by immersion in liquid)
Polabian
2 entries- ai̯tüpi să verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
- ai̯tüpi să verb (to deprive of life by immersion in liquid)
Polish
3 entries- tonąć verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
- utonąć verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
- utopić verb (to deprive of life by immersion in liquid)
Portuguese
2 entries- afogar verb (to deprive of life by immersion in liquid)
- afogar-se verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਡੁੱਬ verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
Romanian
2 entries- îneca verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
- îneca verb (to deprive of life by immersion in liquid)
Russian
4 entries- заглуша́ть verb (to overpower)
- заглуши́ть verb (to overpower)
- затопи́ть verb (to overwhelm in water)
- затопля́ть verb (to overwhelm in water)
Samoan
1 entries- malemo verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- bàth verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
- bàth verb (to deprive of life by immersion in liquid)
- bàth verb (to overpower)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- utopiti verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
Slovak
1 entries- utopit verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
Slovene
1 entries- utopiti verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
Spanish
4 entries- afogar verb (to deprive of life by immersion in liquid)
- afogarse verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
- ahogar verb (to deprive of life by immersion in liquid)
- ahogarse verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
Sundanese
1 entries- ngalelepkeun verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
Swedish
4 entries- drunkna verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
- dränka verb (to deprive of life by immersion in liquid)
- dränka verb (to overwhelm in water)
- dränka verb (to overpower)
Tagalog
3 entries- lunurin verb (to deprive of life by immersion in liquid)
- malunod verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
- malunod verb (to deprive of life by immersion in liquid)
Telugu
1 entries- మునుగు verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
Thai
1 entries- จมน้ำตาย verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
Turkish
2 entries- boğmak verb (to deprive of life by immersion in liquid)
- boğulmak verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
Ukrainian
4 entries- втопи́ти verb (to deprive of life by immersion in liquid)
- потопа́ти verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
- потопля́ти verb (to deprive of life by immersion in liquid)
- тону́ти verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
Upper Sorbian
2 entries- so zatepić verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
- zatepić verb (to deprive of life by immersion in liquid)
Urdu
4 entries- غرق کرنا verb (to deprive of life by immersion in liquid)
- غرق ہونا verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
- ڈوبانا verb (to deprive of life by immersion in liquid)
- ڈوبنا verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
Vietnamese
4 entries- chết đuối verb (to deprive of life by immersion in liquid)
- dìm verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
- nhấn chìm verb (to overpower)
- đuối nước verb (to overwhelm in water)
Waray-Waray
1 entries- na-lumos verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
Welsh
2 entries- boddi verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
- boddi verb (to deprive of life by immersion in liquid)
West-Frisian
1 entries- ferdrinke verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
Yiddish
2 entries- דערטרינקען verb (to deprive of life by immersion in liquid)
- דערטרינקען זיך verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
Yámana
1 entries- tāpöna verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
Zazaki
4 entries- fetısnen verb (to deprive of life by immersion in liquid)
- fetısyayen verb (to overwhelm in water)
- fetısyen verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
- henıqyen verb (to be suffocated in fluid)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
Let the rain drown out your sorrow.
Source: tatoeba (531949)
I have to wear earplugs to drown out all the noise from the construction site next door.
Source: tatoeba (608963)
You won't drown if you learn how to swim.
Source: tatoeba (680743)
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