Word Type

Verb

Proper Noun

The word "drown" can be used as verb and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

a drowning man will clutch at a straw a drowning man will grab at a straw a drowning man will grab at straws a drowning man will grasp at a straw a drowning man will grasp at straws drown one's sorrows drown out drown the miller drownable drownage drowned drowned tube drownee drowner drowning drownproof overdrown surround and drown too much water drowned the miller undrown

Subevents

die

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

be buy the farm cash in one's chips choke conk cover croak decease die do away with drop dead eliminate exist exit expire extinguish get rid of give-up the ghost go kick the bucket kill pass pass away perish pop off snuff it spread over submerge submerse

Manner Of

be die eliminate kill submerge

Related Terms

die flood fluid immerse inundate item kill obscure other overwhelm overwhelming submerge suffocation thing volume water

Synonym Network

drownd flood submerge

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.