Synonyms of floods

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noun

plural of flood

as in torrents

a great flow of water or of something that overwhelms

a flood nearly wiped out the town

a flood of messages on my computer

Synonyms & Similar Words

• torrents
• streams
• inundations
• tides
• rivers
• deluges
• overflows
• influxes
• blizzards
• flood tides
• avalanches
• baths
• spates
• cataracts
• waterfalls
• cataclysms
• Niagaras
• alluvions
• cloudbursts
• outpourings
• cascades
• outflows
• inflows
• currents
• flushes
• fluxes
• washouts
• gushes
• discharges
• surpluses
• excesses
• gluts
• surfeits
• engulfments
• overages
• oversupplies
• overmuch
• superfluities
• overabundances
• overkills
• superabundances

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• droughts
• drips
• drouths
• trickles
• dribbles

floods

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verb

present tense third-person singular of flood

as in engulfs

to cover with a flood

the lowlands were completely flooded

angry calls flooded the radio station

Synonyms & Similar Words

• engulfs
• overwhelms
• drowns
• submerges
• deluges
• inundates
• overflows
• swamps
• flushes
• overcomes
• gulfs
• flows
• avalanches
• submerses
• streams
• sluices
• wets
• pours
• overruns
• gushes
• smothers
• spurts
• soaks
• drenches
• spouts
• dowses
• douses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• drains
• dries
• dehydrates
• parches