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")

Antonyms of adj surging

1 sense of surging

Sense 1
billowy, billowing (prenominal), surging -- (characterized by great swelling waves or surges; "billowy storm clouds"; "the restless billowing sea"; "surging waves")

INDIRECT (VIA stormy) -> calm -- ((of weather) free from storm or wind; "calm seas")

Similarity of adj surging

1 sense of surging

Sense 1
billowy, billowing (prenominal), surging -- (characterized by great swelling waves or surges; "billowy storm clouds"; "the restless billowing sea"; "surging waves")
       => stormy (vs. calm) -- ((especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion; "a stormy day"; "wide and stormy seas")