Synonyms of volley

volley

noun

ˈvä-lē 

as in barrage

a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once

surprised by the volley of complaints about cable service in the area

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• drip
• trickle
• dribble

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of volley

This means lobbing volleys of rockets from long range rather than aiming at specific targets from visual range. —David Hambling, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024

Imagery of the same location on Thursday — two days after Iran launched a volley of around 180 missiles at Israel for the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah — shows an empty sea around Kharg Island, with no ships in sight. —Natasha Turak, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2024

Later work showed that the plant cells could respond with their own volley of RNA that damaged the fungus. —Annie Melchor, WIRED, 13 Oct. 2024

Despite a partial disabling of its communications network, Hezbollah has also stepped up coordinated rocket attacks across northern Israel, including one 30-minute volley Tuesday of more than 100 rockets on the northern port city of Haifa. —Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Oct. 2024