Flood

/flʌd/

Synonyms for "flood" (487 found)

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Closest matches (98)

Noun(18 words)

deluge inundation overflow alluvion avalanches barrage barrages barraging bathing bilges billows blitzes blizzards bombard carpets cloudbursts deluges downpours

abundance access accession accretion accrual accruement accumulation acres addition advance affluence aggrandizement alluvion alluviumample sufficiencyampleness amplification amplitude appreciation arc

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arc lightarmy ascent augmentation avalanche bags ballooning barrel barrelsbe prodigal withbloating bonanza boom boost bountifulness bountiousness brash broadening buildupbumper cropburst of rainbushel cascade cataclysm cataract choke cloudburst cluster cohuecolor filtercopiousness countlessness course cover crescendo crowd crush current debacle deluge development dimmer dipdirect tidedownfall downflow downpour drench

Verb(12 words)

barraged bathe bathes blitzed bombarded bombards brimming bubbled buried deluge deluged deluging

Strong matches (146)

drencher drift drown duck dunk ebbebb and flowebb tideedema elevationembarras de richessesengulf engulfment enlargement enough excess expansion extension extravagance extravagancy

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exuberancefat of the landfertility fill float floats flockflood the marketflood tideflooding floodlight flowflow backflow inflow onflow outflush fluxflux and refluxfoison footlights foots fresh freshetfull measurefull tidefullness gain galaxy gelatin generosity generousness glutgreat abundancegreat plentygreatening growth gushgushing rainheapheavy rainhigh tidehigh waterhike horde host immerse increase increment infest inflation inundate inundation issue jam jumpklieg lightknow no boundslandslide lavishness leap legion liberality liberalnesslight plotlights limelight load lot lotslow tidelow waterlunar tideluxuriance luxuriate make marquee mass maximum medium mobmoney to burnmore than enoughmountain mounting much multiplication multitude myriad myriads

Verb(11 words)

drowned englut engorging glut glutted inundate inundated inundates inundating mailbombed mobbed

Noun(25 words)

drowning eyefulfield floodingflood areaflood lampflood riskflood tidefloodlightfloodplain areaflowage freshets gluts glutting gushes gushing hailstorms influxinformation loadinundate inundations

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lakes letterbombs mailbomb mailbombing mailbombs

Related words (243)

neapneap tideniagara nimiety numerousness ocean oceansopposite tideopulence opulency outburst outpouring overabound overabundance overaccumulation overbounteousness overbrim overcopiousness overdose overequip

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overflow overflowing overfurnish overgrow overlavish overlavishness overluxuriance overmeasure overmuchness overnumerousness overplentifulness overplenty overpopulation overprofusion overprovender overprovide overprovision overrun overrunning oversell overspill overspread overstock oversufficiency oversupply overswarm overwhelm panoply peck permeate plash plenitude plenteousness plentifulness plenty plethora pourpour onpour outpour overpress prevalence prodigality productiveness profuseness profusion proliferation pullulate quantities quantity rabble rain rainburst rainspout rainstorm raise rash redundancy refluence reflux regurgitate repleteness repletionrich harvestrich veinrichness rinse riot riotousness rip riptide rise river rout ruck runrun overrun riotrush satiate satiety saturate scads scud sea set shower slop slosh sluice snowballing soakersoaking rainsolar tidespate spew spillspill outspill overspillage spot spotlight spout spreadspring tidestream submerge submersion substantiality substantialness suffuse superabound superabundance superfluity superflux surfeit surgesurge backsurplus swamp swarm sweep swelling teem teemingness thalassometerthe delugethe floodthrongtidal amplitudetidal currenttidal current charttidal flowtidal rangetidal wavetidetide charttide gatetide gaugetide racetide riptidewater tideway tons torrenttorrent of raintrend tumescence up upping upsurge upswing uptrend upturn volley volume washout waterflood waterspout waxing wealth well whelm whelming widening world worlds

Noun(43 words)

ocean watersonrush onrushes onslaughts outpouring overburdening overflows overpopulating overspreading overwhelm photofloodplies the riverrainstormsrising tidesandstorm saturating scupper showering slathering smurf

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spam spamming spams spates storm submerge surging swampswamp the inboxswamping swamps torrent torrents tsunami tsunamiswater wallwaterlog wave well welling wellswetland waterwhirling

Adjective(2 words)

onrushing waterlogged

Verb(11 words)

overcame overexposes overran oversupply pliedpouring hardsaturates spammed swamp swamped teeming

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More general

52 entries

batch covercover with liquiddeal excess fillfill upfilling flock flow furnishgeographic risk areageological phenomenongood dealgreat dealhatful

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More specific

12 entries

bombard delugedeluge of questionsflash floodfloodplain floodwayinflux of datainundateriver floodswamptidal floodtorrent of requests

Collocations

11 entries

flash floodflood controlflood damagesflood plainflood riskflood seasonflood stageflood warningflood watersfloodplain maphistoric flood

Inflections

3 entries

flooded flooding floods

Derivations

5 entries

floodable flooded floodgate flooding floodplain

Sample sentences

29 total sentences available.

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The bridge was carried away by the flood.

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The bridge was washed away by the flood.

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Low-lying lands will flood. This means that people will be left homeless and their crops will be destroyed by the salt water.

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We provided the flood victims with food and clothing.

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