Overflow

/ˈəʊvəˌfləʊ/

Synonyms for "overflow" (257 found)

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Closest matches (52)

Noun(12 words)

flood billows brim brims bubbles bubblingburst effortbursting cloudbursts deluges dripping effusions

abound abundance affluence alluvion alluviumample sufficiencyampleness amplitude avalanche bonanza bountifulness bountiousness brimbristle withbumper cropcascade cataclysm cataractcloud of wordscongestion

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copiousnesscrawl withcreep withdeluge diffuseness diffusion diffusiveness drown effusion effusiveness engorgement engulf engulfment

Verb(7 words)

aboundsbrim overbrimmingbubble overbubbled deluged engorging

Strong matches (77)

Noun(11 words)

excessfield floodingfloodhead flooding floods glut inundation inundations outpouring overfill overload

extravagance exuberance exuberate fatfat of the landfecundity fertility fill flood flooding flow fluency flush foison formlessnessfull measurefullness generosity generousness glut

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great abundancegreat plentygush gushing hyperemia inundate inundationknow no boundslandslide lavishness liberality liberalness logorrhea lot lots luxuriance luxuriate macrology maximummore than enoughmuch myriad myriads numerousness opulence opulency outpour outpouring overabound overabundance overbrim overbrimming overburden overcharge overfill overflowing overfreight overfullness overgrow overkill overload overmuch overplus

Verb(3 words)

inundated inundating overboil

Related words (128)

Verb(11 words)

overran overrun overstuff regorgerun overspill overspilt teemed teeming teemswell over

override overrun overrunning overspill overspread overswarm overweight overwhelm palilogy plenitude plenteousness plentifulness plenty pleonasm plethora pourpour outpour overprevalence prodigality

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productiveness productivity profuseness profusion proliferate prolificacy prolificity pullulate quantities quantity rain rampancy rankness redundancy reiteration reiterativenessrepetition for effectrepetitiveness repleteness repletionrich harvestrich veinrichnessride roughshod overriot riotousnessrun downrun overrun riotsatiety saturation scads seethe shower slop slosh spate spillspill outspill overspillage stream submerge submersion substantiality substantialness superabound superabundance superfluity superflux supersaturation surcharge surfeit surplus surplusage swamp swarmswarm withsweep talkativeness tautology teemteem withteemingnessthe delugethe floodtirade torrent trampletread uponwashout wealth well whelm whelming

Noun(21 words)

overrunoverrun timeoverspill profusions rollover runoff saturating slopping slops spill spillage spilling spillover spills surfeit surging surplustoo largewelling wells

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wraparound

Adjective(1 words)

repleted

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5 relation types

More general

14 entries

abundancearithmetic errorboil error exceedance excess flow flowinghydrological eventrun outseethe spill stream surplus

More specific

16 entries

arithmetic overflowbuffer overflowdam overflowdata overflowemotional overflowfloating point overflowfloodinginformation overflowmemory overflowserver overflowsigned overflowspillage spilloverspillway overflowstack overflowunsigned overflow

Collocations

10 entries

buffer overflowdam overflowdata overflowinteger overflowmemory overflowoverflow capacityoverflow channelspillway overflowstack overflowwater overflow

Inflections

3 entries

overflowed overflowing overflows

Derivations

3 entries

overflowed overflowing overflows

Translations

67 translations across 37 languages.

Arabic

2 entries

فاض verb ((transitive) to fill beyond the limits of)
فَاضَ verb ((transitive) to fill beyond the limits of)

Armenian

3 entries

հեղեղվել verb ((transitive) to fill beyond the limits of)
հորդել verb ((transitive) to fill beyond the limits of)
ողողվել verb ((transitive) to fill beyond the limits of)

Catalan

2 entries

desbordar verb ((transitive) to fill beyond the limits of)
vessar verb ((transitive) to fill beyond the limits of)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

溢出 verb ((transitive) to fill beyond the limits of)
漫溢 verb ((transitive) to fill beyond the limits of)

Eastern Bontoc

2 entries

choron verb ((transitive) to fill beyond the limits of)
kor-as verb ((transitive) to fill beyond the limits of)

Esperanto

1 entries

elrandiĝi verb ((transitive) to fill beyond the limits of)

Finnish

1 entries

ylitäyttää verb ((transitive) to fill beyond the limits of)

French

1 entries

déborder verb ((transitive) to fill beyond the limits of)

Gagauz

1 entries

taşmaa verb ((transitive) to fill beyond the limits of)

German

2 entries

überfließen verb ((transitive) to fill beyond the limits of)
überlaufen verb ((transitive) to fill beyond the limits of)

Greek

1 entries

ξεχειλίζω verb ((transitive) to fill beyond the limits of)

Hebrew

2 entries

גָּלַשׁ verb ((transitive) to fill beyond the limits of)
עָלָה עַל גְּדוֹתָיו verb ((transitive) to fill beyond the limits of)

Ilocano

1 entries

lupias verb ((transitive) to fill beyond the limits of)

Italian

3 entries

ridondare verb ((transitive) to fill beyond the limits of)
sommergere verb ((transitive) to fill beyond the limits of)
traboccare verb ((transitive) to fill beyond the limits of)

Japanese

1 entries

溢れる verb ((transitive) to fill beyond the limits of)

Kapampangan

1 entries

manyampukaki verb ((transitive) to fill beyond the limits of)

Latin

2 entries

inundō verb ((transitive) to fill beyond the limits of)
stāgnō verb ((transitive) to fill beyond the limits of)

Lubuagan Kalinga

1 entries

lumay-as verb ((transitive) to fill beyond the limits of)

Malay

1 entries

limpah atas verb ((transitive) to fill beyond the limits of)

Māori

4 entries

engaenga verb ((transitive) to fill beyond the limits of)
ngawhā verb ((transitive) to fill beyond the limits of)
ngāekieki verb ((transitive) to fill beyond the limits of)
puha verb ((transitive) to fill beyond the limits of)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

renne over verb ((transitive) to fill beyond the limits of)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

renne over verb ((transitive) to fill beyond the limits of)

Old Anatolian Turkish

1 entries

طاشمق verb ((transitive) to fill beyond the limits of)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

طاشمق verb ((transitive) to fill beyond the limits of)

Polish

2 entries

przepełniać verb ((transitive) to fill beyond the limits of)
przepełnić verb ((transitive) to fill beyond the limits of)

Portuguese

1 entries

transbordar verb ((transitive) to fill beyond the limits of)

Russian

4 entries

перелива́ться verb ((transitive) to fill beyond the limits of)
перепо́лниться verb ((intransitive) to be subject to a load that exceeds limits or capacity)
переполня́ть verb ((transitive) to fill beyond the limits of)
переполня́ться verb ((intransitive) to be subject to a load that exceeds limits or capacity)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

cuir thairis verb ((transitive) to fill beyond the limits of)

Spanish

4 entries

bosar (disused) verb ((transitive) to fill beyond the limits of)
colmar verb ((transitive) to fill beyond the limits of)
desbordar verb ((transitive) to fill beyond the limits of)
rebalsar verb ((transitive) to fill beyond the limits of)

Tagalog

2 entries

apawan verb ((transitive) to fill beyond the limits of)
umapaw verb ((transitive) to fill beyond the limits of)

Thai

1 entries

ล้น verb ((transitive) to fill beyond the limits of)

Turkish

1 entries

taşmak verb ((transitive) to fill beyond the limits of)

Tuwali Ifugao

2 entries

habong verb ((transitive) to fill beyond the limits of)
lakbi verb ((transitive) to fill beyond the limits of)

Ukrainian

2 entries

перепо́внитися verb ((intransitive) to be subject to a load that exceeds limits or capacity)
переповня́тися verb ((intransitive) to be subject to a load that exceeds limits or capacity)

Uyghur

1 entries

تاشماق verb ((transitive) to fill beyond the limits of)

Venetan

4 entries

limegare verb ((transitive) to fill beyond the limits of)
ndar par sora verb ((transitive) to fill beyond the limits of)
simar verb ((transitive) to fill beyond the limits of)
ẑimar verb ((transitive) to fill beyond the limits of)

Vietnamese

1 entries

tràn verb ((transitive) to fill beyond the limits of)

Sample sentences

23 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

This river is going to overflow.

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The book's blurbs overflow with superlatives.

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Out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.

Source: tatoeba (2794569)

One drop makes the glass overflow.

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