deluge - Similar and Opposite Words

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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

a heavy rain

Synonyms

• cloudburst
• deluge
• downpour
• pelter
• soaker
• torrent
• waterspout

More generic

• rain
• rainfall

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

fill or cover completely, usually with water

Synonyms

• deluge
• inundate
• submerge

More generic

• flood

Verb

charge someone with too many tasks

Synonyms

• deluge
• flood out
• overwhelm

More generic

• burden
• charge
• saddle

Verb

fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid

Synonyms

• deluge
• flood
• inundate
• swamp

More generic

• fill
• fill up
• make full

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