Synonyms of drumbeat

drumbeat

noun

ˈdrəm-ˌbēt 

as in barrage

a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once

a dizzying drumbeat of interviews in the hours following her winning of the Academy Award

Synonyms & Similar Words

• barrage
• flurry
• bombardment
• volley
• hail
• torrent
• fusillade
• flood
• cannonade
• salvo
• blitzkrieg
• tide
• shower
• drumfire
• blitz
• storm
• surge
• avalanche
• stream
• rash
• deluge
• outpouring
• spate
• inundation
• outflow
• outburst
• burst
• current
• gush
• overflow
• flood tide
• cataract
• river
• flush
• discharge
• glut
• engulfment
• surplus
• broadside
• earful
• cataclysm
• excess
• overabundance
• surfeit
• oversupply
• overkill
• superabundance
• overage
• superfluity
• overmuch

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• drip
• trickle
• dribble

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of drumbeat

That hasn’t stopped the drumbeat behind Burrow’s candidacy from building. —Andrew Greif, NBC News, 3 Jan. 2025

News coverage would alarm the public with a drumbeat of the horrors that would be unleashed by the first dollar of budget cuts. —Susan Shelley, Orange County Register, 5 Feb. 2025

For the past year or longer, unhappy homeowners have paraded a steady drumbeat of complaints and lurid anecdotes at City Council meetings. —Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Jan. 2025

And there are very few programmes, outside of soap operas and telenovelas, that provide that sort of steady drumbeat of content, entertainment and storytelling throughout the year. —James McNicholas, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025