flood - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

a large flow

Synonyms

• flood
• outpouring
• overflow

More generic

• flow
• stream

More specific

• effusion

Noun

the act of flooding; filling to overflowing

Synonyms

• flood
• flowage

More generic

• filling

Noun

light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography

Synonyms

• flood
• flood lamp
• floodlight
• photoflood

More generic

• light
• light source

Related

• photographic equipment

Noun

the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide)

Synonyms

• flood
• flood tide
• rising tide

More generic

• tide

Noun

the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land

Synonyms

• alluvion
• deluge
• flood
• inundation

More generic

• geological phenomenon

More specific

• Noachian deluge
• Noah and the Flood
• Noah's flood
• debacle
• flash flood
• flashflood
• the Flood

Noun

an overwhelming number or amount

Synonyms

• deluge
• flood
• inundation
• torrent

More generic

• batch
• deal
• flock
• good deal
• great deal
• hatful
• heap
• lot
• mass
• mess
• mickle
• mint
• mountain
• muckle
• passel
• peck
• pile
• plenty
• pot
• quite a little
• raft
• sight
• slew
• spate
• stack
• tidy sum
• wad

Verb

cover with liquid, usually water

Synonyms

• flood

More generic

• cover
• spread over

Also See

• flood out

More specific

• deluge
• drench
• flow
• inundate
• submerge
• swamp

Verb

become filled to overflowing

Synonyms

• flood

More generic

• fill
• fill up

Verb

fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid

Synonyms

• deluge
• flood
• inundate
• swamp

More generic

• fill
• fill up
• make full

Also See

• flood in

Verb

supply with an excess of

Synonyms

• flood
• glut
• oversupply

More generic

• furnish
• provide
• render
• supply

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