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

Need another word that means the same as “flooding”? Find 1 synonym and 30 related words for “flooding” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Flooding” are: implosion therapy

Flooding as a Noun

Definitions of "Flooding" as a noun

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

• The occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide) -Shakespeare.
• A large flow.
• The rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land.
• 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.
• Light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography.
• The act of flooding; filling to overflowing.
• An overwhelming number or amount.
• The covering or submerging of normally dry land with a large amount of water.

Synonyms of "Flooding" as a noun (1 Word)

implosion therapy

The initial occluded phase of a stop consonant.

Usage Examples of "Flooding" as a noun

• A serious risk of flooding.

Associations of "Flooding" (30 Words)

cloudburst	A sudden violent rainstorm.
cyclone	A system of winds rotating inwards to an area of low barometric pressure, with an anticlockwise (northern hemisphere) or clockwise (southern hemisphere) circulation; a depression.
deluge	A great quantity of something arriving at the same time. This may be the worst deluge in living memory.
downpour	A heavy fall of rain. A sudden downpour had filled the gutters and drains.
embankment	A long artificial mound of stone or earth; built to hold back water or to support a road or as protection. A railway embankment.
flowage	Gradual internal motion or deformation of a solid body (as by heat. Many campsites were located near the flowage.
freshet	The flood of a river from heavy rain or melted snow.
gale	(on the Beaufort scale) a wind of force 8 (34–40 knots or 63–74 km/h). She collapsed into gales of laughter.
gust	Of the wind blow in gusts. The wind was gusting through the branches of the tree.
hurricane	A wind of force 12 on the Beaufort scale (equal to or exceeding 64 knots or 118 km/h). The manager resigned in a hurricane of disagreement.
inundate	Overwhelm (someone) with things or people to be dealt with. The islands may be the first to be inundated as sea levels rise.
inundation	Flooding. An inundation of rugby fans.
levee	A landing place; a quay.
outpouring	An outburst of strong emotion. She attacked him with an outpouring of words.
overflow	Overflow with a certain feeling. There was some overflow after heavy rainfall.
penstock	Regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice.
rain	Of the sky the clouds etc send down rain. It s pouring with rain.
rainfall	The quantity of rain falling within a given area in a given time. The absorption of further supplies from rainfalls.
rainstorm	A storm with rain.
runoff	A final election to resolve an earlier election that did not produce a winner.
sluice	Irrigate with water from a sluice. The waves sluiced over them.
squall	Blow in a squall. He emitted a short mournful squall.
storm	Storm windows. Commandos stormed a hijacked plane early today.
thunderstorm	A storm resulting from strong rising air currents; heavy rain or hail along with thunder and lightning.
tornado	A localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground. Teenagers caught up in a tornado of sexual confusion.
torrent	An overwhelming outpouring of (something, typically words. She was subjected to a torrent of abuse.
torrential	(of rain) falling rapidly and in copious quantities. Torrential applause.
tsunami	An arrival or occurrence of something in overwhelming quantities or amounts. A colossal tsunami destroyed the Minoan civilization in minutes.
typhoon	A tropical storm in the region of the Indian or western Pacific oceans.