Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb flood

4 senses of flood

Sense 1
deluge, flood, inundate, swamp -- (fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind")
       => fill, fill up, make full -- (make full, also in a metaphorical sense; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride")
          Phrasal Verb-> flood in#1

Sense 2
flood -- (cover with liquid, usually water; "The swollen river flooded the village"; "The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes")
       => cover, spread over -- (form a cover over; "The grass covered the grave")
          Phrasal Verb-> flood out#1

Sense 3
flood, oversupply, glut -- (supply with an excess of; "flood the market with tennis shoes"; "Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient")
       => supply, provide, render, furnish -- (give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater")

Sense 4
flood -- (become filled to overflowing; "Our basement flooded during the heavy rains")
       => fill, fill up -- (become full; "The pool slowly filled with water"; "The theater filled up slowly")

Antonyms of adj flooded

1 sense of flooded

Sense 1
afloat (predicate), awash (predicate), flooded, inundated, overflowing -- (covered with water; "the main deck was afloat (or awash)"; "the monsoon left the whole place awash"; "a flooded bathroom"; "inundated farmlands"; "an overflowing tub")

INDIRECT (VIA full) -> empty -- (holding or containing nothing; "an empty glass"; "an empty room"; "full of empty seats"; "empty hours")

Similarity of adj flooded

1 sense of flooded

Sense 1
afloat (predicate), awash (predicate), flooded, inundated, overflowing -- (covered with water; "the main deck was afloat (or awash)"; "the monsoon left the whole place awash"; "a flooded bathroom"; "inundated farmlands"; "an overflowing tub")
       => full (vs. empty) -- (containing as much or as many as is possible or normal; "a full glass"; "a sky full of stars"; "a full life"; "the auditorium was full to overflowing")

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