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

3 senses of surge

Sense 1
rush, spate, surge, upsurge -- (a sudden forceful flow)
       => flow, flowing -- (the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases))

Sense 2
surge, upsurge -- (a sudden or abrupt strong increase; "stimulated a surge of speculation"; "an upsurge of emotion"; "an upsurge in violent crime")
       => increase, step-up -- (the act of increasing something; "he gave me an increase in salary")

Sense 3
billow, surge -- (a large sea wave)
       => wave, moving ridge -- (one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water))

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

5 senses of surge

Sense 1
billow, surge, heave -- (rise and move, as in waves or billows; "The army surged forward")
       => inflate, blow up -- (fill with gas or air; "inflate a balloons")

Sense 2
soar, soar up, soar upwards, surge, zoom -- (rise rapidly; "the dollar soared against the yen")
       => rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise -- (move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows")

Sense 3
tide, surge -- (rise or move forward; "surging waves")
       => run, flow, feed, course -- (move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi")

Sense 4
scend, surge -- (rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave; "the boats surged")
       => rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise -- (move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows")

Sense 5
surge -- (see one's performance improve; "He levelled the score and then surged ahead")
       => better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate -- (get better; "The weather improved toward evening")