Synonyms and Antonyms of flood

synonym (synonym of flood)

  • (noun.phenomenon)
    alluvion, deluge, inundation
    the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land (noun.phenomenon)
     
  • (noun.quantity)
    deluge, inundation, torrent
    an overwhelming number or amount (noun.quantity)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    flood lamp, floodlight, photoflood
    light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.act)
    outpouring, overflow
    a large flow (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    flowage
    the act of flooding; filling to overflowing (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.event)
    flood tide, rising tide
    the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide) (noun.event)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    deluge, inundate, swamp
    fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.possession)
    glut, oversupply
    supply with an excess of (verb.possession)
     

antonym (antonym of flood)

  • (noun.event)
    ebbtide
    the tide while water is flowing out (noun.event)
     

also (also)

  • cover with liquid, usually water (verb.change)
    deluge, flood out, overwhelm
    charge someone with too many tasks (verb.communication)
     
  • fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid (verb.contact)
    flood in
    arrive in great numbers (verb.motion)
     

hypernym (flood IS A KIND OF .... relation)

  • a large flow (noun.act)
    flow, stream
    the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression (noun.act)
     
  • an overwhelming number or amount (noun.quantity)
    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
    (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent (noun.quantity)
     
  • become filled to overflowing (verb.change)
    fill, fill up
    become full (verb.change)
     
  • cover with liquid, usually water (verb.change)
    cover, spread over
    form a cover over (verb.contact)
     
  • fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid (verb.contact)
    fill, fill up, make full
    make full, also in a metaphorical sense (verb.change)
     
  • light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography (noun.artifact)
    light, light source
    any device serving as a source of illumination (noun.artifact)
     
  • supply with an excess of (verb.possession)
    furnish, provide, render, supply
    give something useful or necessary to (verb.possession)
     
  • the act of flooding; filling to overflowing (noun.act)
    filling
    the act of filling something (noun.act)
     
  • the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide) (noun.event)
    tide
    the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon (noun.event)
     
  • the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land (noun.phenomenon)
    geological phenomenon
    a natural phenomenon involving the structure or composition of the earth (noun.phenomenon)
     

hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF flood relation)

  • a large flow (noun.act)
    effusion
    flow under pressure (noun.act)
     
  • cover with liquid, usually water (verb.change)
    flow
    cover or swamp with water (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    deluge, inundate, submerge
    fill or cover completely, usually with water (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.weather)
    drench, swamp
    drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged (verb.weather)
     
  • the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land (noun.phenomenon)
    debacle
    flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer (noun.phenomenon)
     
  • (noun.phenomenon)
    flash flood, flashflood
    a sudden local flood of great volume and short duration (noun.phenomenon)
     
  • (noun.phenomenon)
    noachian deluge, noah and the flood, noah's flood, the flood
    (Biblical) the great deluge that is said in the Book of Genesis to have occurred in the time of Noah; it was brought by God upon the earth because of more.. (noun.phenomenon)
     

part meronym (HAS PART relation)

  • light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography (noun.artifact)
    photographic equipment
    equipment used by a photographer (noun.artifact)
     

derivation (.... is derived from flood)

  • a large flow (noun.act)
    brim over, overflow, overrun, run over, well over
    flow or run over (a limit or brim) (verb.motion)
     
  • an overwhelming number or amount (noun.quantity)
    deluge, flood out, overwhelm
    charge someone with too many tasks (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.possession)
    flood, glut, oversupply
    supply with an excess of (verb.possession)
     
  • (adj.all)
    torrential
    resembling a torrent in force and abundance (adj.all)
     
  • become filled to overflowing (verb.change)
    flood, flowage
    the act of flooding; filling to overflowing (noun.act)
     
  • cover with liquid, usually water (verb.change)
    alluvion, deluge, flood, inundation
    the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land (noun.phenomenon)
     
  • fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid (verb.contact)
    flooding, implosion therapy
    a technique used in behavior therapy; client is flooded with experiences of a particular kind until becoming either averse to them or numbed to them (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.phenomenon)
    cloudburst, deluge, downpour, pelter, soaker, torrent, waterspout
    a heavy rain (noun.phenomenon)
     
  • (noun.quantity)
    deluge, flood, inundation, torrent
    an overwhelming number or amount (noun.quantity)
     
  • light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography (noun.artifact)
    floodlight
    illuminate with floodlights (verb.change)
     
  • supply with an excess of (verb.possession)
    glut, oversupply, surfeit
    the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall (noun.attribute)
     
  • the act of flooding; filling to overflowing (noun.act)
    flow
    cover or swamp with water (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    flood
    become filled to overflowing (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    deluge, flood, inundate, swamp
    fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid (verb.contact)
     
  • the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land (noun.phenomenon)
    deluge, inundate, submerge
    fill or cover completely, usually with water (verb.change)
     
synonym antonym also hypernym hyponym part meronym derivation alluvion deluge inundation torrent flood lamp floodlight ebbtide deluge flood out overwhelm flood in flow stream filling light tide geological phenomenon effusion debacle flash flood flashflood noachian deluge noah and the flood photographic equipment brim over overflow flow deluge inundate floodlight
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