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

Need another word that means the same as “submerge”? Find 22 synonyms and 30 related words for “submerge” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Submerge” are: submerse, drown, overwhelm, deluge, inundate, flood, engulf, swamp, immerse, go under water, dive, sink, plunge, plummet, drop, go down, hide, conceal, veil, cloak, repress, suppress

Submerge as a Verb

Definitions of "Submerge" as a verb

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

• Cover completely or make imperceptible.
• Sink below the surface; go under or as if under water.
• Cause (something) to be under water.
• Fill or cover completely, usually with water.
• Descend below the surface of an area of water.
• Put under water.
• Completely cover or obscure.

Synonyms of "Submerge" as a verb (22 Words)

cloak	Dress in a cloak. Cloaked monks.
conceal	Prevent from being seen or discovered. They were at great pains to conceal that information from the public.
deluge	Overwhelm with a flood. He has been deluged with offers of work.
dive	(of a player) deliberately fall when challenged in order to deceive the referee into awarding a foul. The fish dive down to about 1 400 feet.
drop	Let or cause to fall in drops. They dropped bombs on Caen during the raid.
drown	Deliberately kill a person or animal by drowning. The noise drowned out her speech.
engulf	Devote (oneself) fully to. A feeling of anguish so great that it threatened to engulf him.
flood	Cover or submerge an area with water in a flood. Congratulatory messages flooded in.
go down	Stop operating or functioning.
go under water	Give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number.
hide	Conceal oneself. He used to hide out in a cave.
immerse	Cause to be immersed. She immersed herself in her work.
inundate	Fill or cover completely, usually with water. We ve been inundated with complaints from listeners.
overwhelm	Bury or drown beneath a huge mass of something, especially water. They were overwhelmed by farewell messages.
plummet	Decrease rapidly in value or amount. Hardware sales plummeted.
plunge	Push or thrust quickly. A car swerved to avoid a bus and plunged into a ravine.
repress	Suppress (a thought or desire) so that it becomes or remains unconscious. The thought that he had killed his brother was so terrible that he repressed it.
sink	Cause a ship to sink. They agreed to sink their differences.
submerse	Sink below the surface; go under or as if under water. Pellets were then submersed in agar.
suppress	Prevent or inhibit (a process or reaction. This drug can suppress the hemorrhage.
swamp	Drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged. Feelings of guilt suddenly swamped her.
veil	Cover with a veil. Cold mists veiled the mountain peaks.

Usage Examples of "Submerge" as a verb

• Houses had been flooded and cars submerged.
• The U-boat had had time to submerge.
• The tensions submerged earlier in the campaign now came to the fore.
• Submerge your head completely.

Associations of "Submerge" (30 Words)

absorb	Take up, as of debts or payments. The sales tax is absorbed into the state income tax.
awash	Covered or flooded with water, especially seawater or rain. The boat rolled violently her decks awash.
cascade	Rush down in big quantities like a cascade. A cascade of pink bougainvillea.
cloudburst	A sudden violent rainstorm.
deluge	A severe flood. A deluge of complaints.
dive	An instance of swimming or going deeper under water. The jumbo jet went into a dive.
downpour	A heavy rain. A sudden downpour had filled the gutters and drains.
drop	A section of theatrical scenery lowered from the flies a drop cloth or drop curtain. There was not a drop of water in sight.
drown	Deliberately kill a person or animal by drowning. When the ice melted the valleys were drowned.
engross	Consume all of one’s attention or time. The notes totally engrossed him.
engulf	Devote (oneself) fully to. The bright light engulfed him completely.
flood	The biblical flood brought by God upon the earth because of the wickedness of the human race Gen 6 ff. A tide in the affairs of men which taken at the flood leads on to fortune.
flooded	Covered with water. A flooded bathroom.
flowage	The act of flooding; filling to overflowing. Rock fracture and rock flowage are different types of geological deformation.
freshet	A rush of fresh water flowing into the sea.
immerse	Cause to be immersed. He immersed himself into his studies.
immersion	The disappearance of a celestial body in the shadow of or behind another. As a teacher she advocates learning by immersion.
inundate	Overwhelm (someone) with things or people to be dealt with. The islands may be the first to be inundated as sea levels rise.
lowland	The region of Scotland lying south and east of the Highlands. Lowland farming.
overwhelm	Cover completely or make imperceptible. Floodwaters overwhelmed hundreds of houses.
plunge	Cause to be immersed. To peel fruit cover with boiling water and then plunge them into iced water.
rain	Precipitate as rain. It s pouring with rain.
rainstorm	A storm with rain.
sink	Cause to sink. He saw the coffin sink below the surface of the waves.
soak	Fill soak or imbue totally. She spent some time soaking in a hot bath.
submergence	Sinking until covered completely with water. Total submergence of plants results in heavy crop losses.
submerse	Put under water. Pellets were then submersed in agar.
underwater	Beneath the surface of water. They learn to navigate underwater at night.
water	The water of a particular sea river or lake. My mouth watered at the prospect of a good dinner.
wet	Cause to become wet. She said she d wet the tea immediately because they must be parched.