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

Need another word that means the same as “engulf”? Find 13 synonyms and 30 related words for “engulf” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Engulf” are: absorb, engross, immerse, plunge, soak up, steep, inundate, flood, deluge, swamp, wash out, swallow up, submerge

Engulf as a Verb

Definitions of "Engulf" as a verb

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

• Devote (oneself) fully to.
• Flow over or cover completely.
• Eat or swallow (something) whole.
• Powerfully affect (someone); overwhelm.
• (of a natural force) sweep over (something) so as to surround or cover it completely.

Synonyms of "Engulf" as a verb (13 Words)

absorb	Use or take up (time or resources. Steroids are absorbed into the bloodstream.
deluge	Inundate with a great quantity of something. Caravans were deluged by the heavy rains.
engross	Consume all of one’s attention or time. The country had made the best of its position to engross trade.
flood	Cover or submerge an area with water in a flood. The images flooded his mind.
immerse	Cause to be immersed. Immerse the paper in water for twenty minutes.
inundate	Flood. The islands may be the first to be inundated as sea levels rise.
plunge	Begin with vigor. To peel fruit cover with boiling water and then plunge them into iced water.
soak up	Submerge in a liquid.
steep	Devote (oneself) fully to. Steep the blossoms in oil.
submerge	Put under water. Houses had been flooded and cars submerged.
swallow up	Tolerate or accommodate oneself to.
swamp	Drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged. A huge wave swamped the canoes.
wash out	Be capable of being washed.

Usage Examples of "Engulf" as a verb

• The toad can engulf nestling birds.
• The bright light engulfed him completely.
• The cafe was engulfed in flames.
• Europe might be engulfed by war.
• A feeling of anguish so great that it threatened to engulf him.

Associations of "Engulf" (30 Words)

absorb	Take in, also metaphorically. Arms spending absorbs roughly two per cent of the national income.
awash	Covered with water. The monsoon left the whole place awash.
blade	Something long and thin resembling a blade of grass. A blade of lint on his suit.
cascade	Rush down in big quantities like a cascade. Blonde hair cascaded down her back.
deeply	Intensely. They felt the loss deeply.
deluge	Charge someone with too many tasks. He has been deluged with offers of work.
dive	A steep nose-down descent by an aircraft. He hit the sea in a shallow dive.
drop	An instance of falling or dropping. He had a drop too much to drink.
drown	Deliberately kill a person or animal by drowning. His voice was drowned out by the approaching engine noise.
enclose	Enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering. Breakwaters enclosed the harbour.
engross	Produce (a legal document, especially a deed or statute) in its final form. The solicitors will submit a draft conveyance and engross the same after approval.
envelop	Enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering. A feeling of despair enveloped him.
focus	Adjust the focus of a telescope camera or other instrument. They were focusing a telescope on a star.
immerse	Cause to be immersed. Immerse the paper in water for twenty minutes.
immersion	The disappearance of a celestial body in the shadow of or behind another. An immersion school.
knife	Cut or move cleanly through something with a knife like action. He was knifed to death during the argument.
occupy	Fill or preoccupy the mind. The young prince will soon occupy the throne.
overwhelm	Bury or drown beneath a huge mass of something, especially water. Floodwaters overwhelmed hundreds of houses.
plunge	Dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity. The stock market plunged.
sheathe	Put (a weapon such as a knife or sword) into a sheath. Sheathe a sword.
sink	Cause to sink. He saw the coffin sink below the surface of the waves.
submerge	Descend below the surface of an area of water. The tensions submerged earlier in the campaign now came to the fore.
submergence	Sinking until covered completely with water. Politicians may be blamed for submergence of principle.
submerse	Put under water. Pellets were then submersed in agar.
surround	Surround with a wall in order to fortify. The hotel is surrounded by its own gardens.
swallow	An amount of something swallowed in one action. She swallowed the last words of her speech.
sword	One of the suits in a tarot pack. Not many perished by the sword.
underwater	Situated, occurring, or done beneath the surface of water. Underwater photography.
waterfall	A steep descent of the water of a river. Each phase of a waterfall project must be complete prior to moving to the next phase.
withdraw	Withdraw from active participation. It put me off taking the Pill my partner now withdraws.