FLOODED Synonyms
There are 42 hypernyms of the word flooded. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for FLOODED
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inundated | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
adjective satellite • covered with water | ||||||||
drenched | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
adjective satellite • abundantly covered or supplied with; often used in combination | ||||||||
engorged | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
adjective satellite • overfull as with blood | ||||||||
saturated | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • being the most concentrated solution possible at a given temperature; unable to dissolve still more of a substance • used especially of organic compounds; having all available valence bonds filled • (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black | ||||||||
soaked | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
adjective satellite • very drunk | ||||||||
submerged | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
adjective satellite • beneath the surface of the water • growing or remaining under water | ||||||||
waterlogged | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • (of soil) soft and watery | ||||||||
deluged | verbv | |||||||
noun • an overwhelming number or amount • a heavy rain • the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land verb • fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid • charge someone with too many tasks • fill or cover completely, usually with water | ||||||||
immersed | adjectiveadj | |||||||
verb • thrust or throw into • devote (oneself) fully to • enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing • cause to be immersed | ||||||||
overflowed | verb, adverbv, adv | |||||||
noun • a large flow • the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity verb • flow or run over (a limit or brim) • overflow with a certain feeling | ||||||||
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 | ||||||||
deluge | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • an overwhelming number or amount • a heavy rain • the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land verb • fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid • charge someone with too many tasks • fill or cover completely, usually with water | ||||||||
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 | ||||||||
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 | ||||||||
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 | ||||||||
floodlight | nounn | |||||||
noun • light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography verb • illuminate with floodlights | ||||||||
flowage | nounn | |||||||
noun • gradual internal motion or deformation of a solid body (as by heat) • a body of water that has been created by deliberately flooding an area • the act of flooding; filling to overflowing | ||||||||
glut | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall verb • overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself • supply with an excess of | ||||||||