DROWN: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for DROWN?

Need another word that means the same as “drown”? Find 24 synonyms and 30 related words for “drown” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Drown” are: overwhelm, submerge, swim, suffocate in water, inhale water, flood, immerse, inundate, deluge, swamp, engulf, drench, soak, cover, saturate, make inaudible, drown out, be louder than, overpower, overcome, override, swallow up, devour, bury

Drown as a Verb

Definitions of "Drown" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “drown” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Die through submersion in and inhalation of water.
• Deliberately kill (a person or animal) by drowning.
• Kill by submerging in water.
• Die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating.
• Cover or immerse food in.
• Submerge or flood (an area.
• (of a sound) make (another sound) inaudible by being much louder.
• Be in danger of dying from submersion in a liquid and asphyxiation.
• Be overwhelmed by a large amount of something.
• Be covered with or submerged in a liquid.
• Cover completely or make imperceptible.
• Get rid of as if by submerging.

Synonyms of "Drown" as a verb (24 Words)

be louder than	Have life, be alive.
bury	Involve oneself deeply in something to the exclusion of other concerns. He ran through to bury a right foot shot inside the near post.
cover	Cover as if with a shroud. I moved in front of Hawk to cover him as he reloaded.
deluge	Fill or cover completely, usually with water. Caravans were deluged by the heavy rains.
devour	Eat greedily. She was devoured by envy.
drench	Drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged. Cool patios drenched in flowers.
drown out	Be covered with or submerged in a liquid.
engulf	Flow over or cover completely. The bright light engulfed him completely.
flood	Of a flood force someone to leave their home. His old fears came flooding back.
immerse	Cause to be immersed. Immerse the paper in water for twenty minutes.
inhale water	Draw in (air.
inundate	Fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid. The islands may be the first to be inundated as sea levels rise.
make inaudible	Develop into.
overcome	Overcome usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome. You must overcome all difficulties.
overpower	Be too intense for; overwhelm. He overpowered the two men and frogmarched them to the police station.
override	Rule against. The courts will ultimately override any objections.
overwhelm	Give too much of something to; inundate. They were overwhelmed by farewell messages.
saturate	Put (a device) into a state in which no further increase in current is achievable. Japan s electronics industry began to saturate the world markets.
soak	Fill soak or imbue totally. Cold water was soaking into my shoes.
submerge	Put under water. The tensions submerged earlier in the campaign now came to the fore.
suffocate in water	Feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air.
swallow up	Enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing.
swamp	(of a boat) become overwhelmed with water and sink. The country was swamped with goods from abroad.
swim	Cross a particular stretch of water by swimming. My brain is swimming after the bottle of champagne.

Usage Examples of "Drown" as a verb

• Two fishermen were drowned when their motorboat capsized.
• Good pizza is not eight inches thick and drowned in tomato sauce.
• When the ice melted the valleys were drowned.
• He drowned the kittens.
• I was drowned in work.
• A motorist drowned when her car plunged off the edge of a quay.
• Art dealers are still drowning in a sea of paperwork.
• The noise drowned out her speech.
• The divers saved the drowning child.
• He immediately drowned four of the dogs.
• The child drowned in the lake.
• Both business and household sectors are drowning in debt.
• She drowned her trouble in alcohol.
• His voice was drowned out by the approaching engine noise.
• They committed suicide by jumping into the sea and drowning themselves.

Associations of "Drown" (30 Words)

airway	The passage by which air reaches a person’s lungs. He kept the man s airway clear and blood circulating.
awash	Level with the surface of water so that it just washes over. The main deck was afloat or awash.
capsize	(of a boat) be overturned in the water. The craft capsized in heavy seas.
choke	A knob which controls the choke in a carburettor. We were the only team not to choke when it came to the crunch.
clutter	Unwanted echoes that interfere with the observation of signals on a radar screen. The room was cluttered with his bric a brac.
deluge	A great quantity of something arriving at the same time. He has been deluged with offers of work.
dive	(of a fish or submarine) go to a deeper level in water. He got into a fight in some dive.
garrote	Strangle with an iron collar.
muffle	A kiln with an inner chamber for firing things at a low temperature. A muffle furnace.
overwhelm	Overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli. They were overwhelmed by farewell messages.
plunge	Immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate. The professor plunged his students into the study of the Italian text.
raft	Transport on or as if on a raft. Great rafts of cormorants often 5 000 strong.
scuba	Scuba diving. Scuba gear.
sea	Used to refer to waves as opposed to calm sea. Rocky bays lapped by vivid blue sea.
sink	Cause a ship to sink. They planned to sink a gold mine in Oklahoma.
smother	Form an impenetrable cover over. The goalkeeper was able to smother the ball.
springboard	A platform fixed to the side of a tree and used by a lumberjack when working at some height from the ground. He uses other people s ideas as a springboard for his own.
stifle	Restrain (a reaction) or stop oneself acting on (an emotion. She stifled a giggle.
strangle	Conceal or hide. The imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries.
submerge	Sink below the surface; go under or as if under water. Houses had been flooded and cars submerged.
suffocate	Die or cause to die from lack of air or inability to breathe. He said he d suffocate if he remained in this house for another hour.
suffocation	Difficulty in breathing. The country s slow suffocation under the ever increasing weight of red tape.
sunken	Having a sunken area. The wreck of a sunken ship.
surf	A spell of surfing. He fell to his death while surfing on a 70 mph train.
surfing	The sport of riding a surfboard toward the shore on the crest of a wave. Why share your internet connection with people surfing and chatting.
swim	Cross a particular stretch of water by swimming. They took a short swim in the pool.
swimmer	A sperm cell. Red flags to warn swimmers of dangerous currents.
throttle	A pedal that controls the throttle valve. It has two engines that can be throttled.
underwater	Submerged; flooded. An epidemic of underwater mortgages.
welter	Move in a turbulent fashion. The streams foam and welter.