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deluges

noun , plural of deluge

Synonyms and Antonyms of deluges

1 a great flow of water or of something that overwhelms

a deluge of thanks and appreciation for the returning troops

Synonyms of deluges

alluvions, baths, cataclysms, cataracts, floods, flood tides, inundations, Niagaras, overflows, spates, torrents

Words Related to deluges

currents, rivers, streams, tides

cloudbursts, discharges, flushes, gushes, outflows, outpourings

fluxes, inflows, influxes

engulfments, washouts

avalanches, blizzards

cascades, waterfalls

excesses, gluts, overabundances, overages, overkills, overmuch, oversupplies, superabundances, superfluities, surfeits, surpluses

Near Antonyms of deluges

dribbles, drips, trickles

Antonyms of deluges

droughts (also drouths)

2 a steady falling of water from the sky in significant quantity

the exiting moviegoers were caught in the deluge without umbrellas

Synonyms of deluges

cloudbursts, downfalls, downpours, rains, rainfalls, rainstorms, storms, wets

Words Related to deluges

precipitations, showers

thundershowers, thunderstorms, weathers

Near Antonyms of deluges

drizzles, mists, mizzles, scuds, spits, sprinkles

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