The radio warned us of the possibility of flooding.
Source: tatoeba (29793)
Flooding
//ˈflʌdɪŋ//
Synonyms for "flooding" (24 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (5)
Strong matches (7)
Related words (12)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
2 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesderived
3 entriesform of
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
4 entriesTranslations
21 translations across 12 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- наводнение noun (act of flooding)
- наводняване noun (act of flooding)
- потоп noun (emotional overwhelm)
Catalan
2 entries- desbordament noun (act of flooding)
- inundació noun (act of flooding)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 洪水 noun (act of flooding)
Danish
1 entries- oversvømmelse noun (act of flooding)
Finnish
3 entries- tulva noun (act of flooding)
- tulviminen noun (act of flooding)
- tunnekuohu noun (emotional overwhelm)
French
1 entries- inondation noun (act of flooding)
German
3 entries- Überflutung noun (act of flooding)
- Überforderung noun (emotional overwhelm)
- Überschwemmung noun (act of flooding)
Hebrew
1 entries- הֲצָפָה noun (act of flooding)
Italian
1 entries- inondazione noun (act of flooding)
Māori
1 entries- waipuketanga noun (act of flooding)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- oversvømmelse noun (act of flooding)
Spanish
3 entries- anegamiento noun (act of flooding)
- inundación noun (act of flooding)
- riada noun (act of flooding)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
The typhoon resulted in a lot of flooding.
Source: tatoeba (45528)
Memories of the good old days came flooding back one after another.
Source: tatoeba (272143)
We had flooding because of last week's heavy rains.
Source: tatoeba (272728)
Showing 4 of 12 available sentences.
Keep exploring
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.