Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun inundation

2 senses of inundation

Sense 1
flood, inundation, deluge, alluvion -- (the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual inundations")
       => geological phenomenon -- (a natural phenomenon involving the structure or composition of the earth)

Sense 2
flood, inundation, deluge, torrent -- (an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse")
       => batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad -- ((often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money")