DELUGED Synonyms
There are 35 hypernyms of the word deluged. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for DELUGED
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flooded | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
adjective satellite • covered with water | ||||||||
overwhelmed | adjectiveadj | |||||||
verb • overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli • charge someone with too many tasks • cover completely or make imperceptible • overcome by superior force | ||||||||
swamped | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
noun • low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog • a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables verb • drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged • fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid | ||||||||
flood | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land • an overwhelming number or amount • light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography • a large flow • the act of flooding; filling to overflowing • the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide) verb • fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid • cover with liquid, usually water • supply with an excess of • become filled to overflowing | ||||||||
inundate | verbv | |||||||
verb • fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid • fill or cover completely, usually with water | ||||||||
inundation | nounn | |||||||
noun • the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land • an overwhelming number or amount | ||||||||
torrent | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a heavy rain • a violently fast stream of water (or other liquid) • an overwhelming number or amount | ||||||||
alluvion | nounn | |||||||
noun • gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment • the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land • clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down | ||||||||
cloudburst | nounn | |||||||
noun • a heavy rain | ||||||||
downpour | nounn | |||||||
noun • a heavy rain | ||||||||
overwhelm | verbv | |||||||
verb • overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli • charge someone with too many tasks • cover completely or make imperceptible • overcome by superior force | ||||||||
pelter | nounn | |||||||
noun • a heavy rain • a thrower of missiles | ||||||||
soaker | nounn | |||||||
noun • a heavy rain • a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually | ||||||||
submerge | verbv | |||||||
verb • sink below the surface; go under or as if under water • cover completely or make imperceptible • put under water • fill or cover completely, usually with water | ||||||||
swamp | nounn | |||||||
noun • low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog • a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables verb • drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged • fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid | ||||||||
waterspout | nounn | |||||||
noun • a tornado passing over water and picking up a column of water and mist • a heavy rain • a channel through which water is discharged (especially one used for drainage from the gutters of a roof) | ||||||||
flood out | verbv | |||||||
verb • charge someone with too many tasks |