FLOOD Synonyms

• fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid

• fill or cover completely, usually with water

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

• an overwhelming number or amount

• 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

• drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged

• fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid

• a large flow

• the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity

• flow or run over (a limit or brim)

• overflow with a certain feeling

• a heavy rain

• a violently fast stream of water (or other liquid)

• an overwhelming number or amount

• a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain

• a sudden appearance of an overwhelming number of things

• gather into a huge mass and roll down a mountain, of snow

• a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls

• a succession of stages or operations or processes or units

• a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower

• rush down in big quantities, like a cascade

• arrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they overlap each other, with the title bars visible

• a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something

• bedding that keeps a person warm in bed

• the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it

• the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book

• a natural object that covers or envelops

• covering for a hole (especially a hole in the top of a container)

• fire that makes it difficult for the enemy to fire on your own individuals or formations

• a fixed charge by a restaurant or nightclub over and above the charge for food and drink

• a recording of a song that was first recorded or made popular by somebody else

• a false identity and background (especially one created for an undercover agent)

• provide with a covering or cause to be covered

• form a cover over

• span an interval of distance, space or time

• provide for

• act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression

• include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory

• travel across or pass over

• be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism

• hold within range of an aimed firearm

• to take an action to protect against future problems

• hide from view or knowledge

• protect or defend (a position in a game)

• maintain a check on; especially by patrolling

• protect by insurance

• make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities

• invest with a large or excessive amount of something

• help out by taking someone's place and temporarily assuming his responsibilities

• be sufficient to meet, defray, or offset the charge or cost of

• spread over a surface to conceal or protect

• cover as if with a shroud

• copulate with a female, used especially of horses

• put something on top of something else

• play a higher card than the one previously played

• be responsible for guarding an opponent in a game

• sit on (eggs)

• clothe, as if for protection from the elements

• cover completely or make imperceptible

• get rid of as if by submerging

• die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating

• kill by submerging in water

• be covered with or submerged in a liquid

• be in danger of dying from submersion in a liquid and asphyxiation

• devote (oneself) fully to

• flow over or cover completely

• the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)

• the amount of fluid that flows in a given time

• the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression

• any uninterrupted stream or discharge

• something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously

• dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas

• the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause

• move or progress freely as if in a stream

• move along, of liquids

• cause to flow

• be abundantly present

• fall or flow in a certain way

• cover or swamp with water

• undergo menstruation

• the period of greatest prosperity or productivity

• a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health

• sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and some mental disorders)

• a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit

• the swift release of a store of affective force

• a sudden rapid flow (as of water)

• sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty)

• squarely or solidly

• in the same plane

• of a surface exactly even with an adjoining one, forming the same plane

• having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value

• turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame

• cause to flow through something

• glow or cause to glow with warm color or light

• make level or straight

• rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid

• irrigate with water from a sluice

• cause to flow or flood with or as if with water

• a sudden rapid flow (as of water)

• an unrestrained expression of emotion

• gush forth in a sudden stream or jet

• praise enthusiastically

• issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth

• thrust or throw into

• devote (oneself) fully to

• enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing

• cause to be immersed

• a sudden and severe onset of trouble

• (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)

• the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)

• overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

• charge someone with too many tasks

• cover completely or make imperceptible

• overcome by superior force

• cause to run

• move in large numbers

• pour out gradually, so as to separate out sediment

• flow in a spurt

• supply in large amounts or quantities

• rain heavily

• the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner

• physician and American Revolutionary leader; signer of the Declaration of Independence (1745-1813)

• a sudden forceful flow

• grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems

• the swift release of a store of affective force

• a sudden burst of activity

• (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line

• not accepting reservations

• done under pressure

• move hurridly

• attack suddenly

• urge to an unnatural speed

• act at high speed

• run with the ball, in football

• cause to move fast or to rush or race

• cause to occur rapidly

• cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance

• infuse or fill completely