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