DROWNED Synonyms: 133 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in flooded

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verb

past tense of drown

as in engulfed

to cover with a flood whole villages drowned by the rampaging river

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as in soaked

to wet thoroughly with liquid drowned the carpet with shampoo, and so it took forever to dry

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as in wet

to make wet cooked pasta drowned in marinara sauce

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Despite its size, 2026 ED138 was able to avoid detection for all these years because it’s located in a part of the night sky that’s crowded with stars whose light drowned it out. — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 27 Oct. 2026 An active fan is better than an overheated laptop, but the Raider 16 Max HX B2W's excellent speakers don't do much good when the sound gets drowned out. — Marshall Honorof, PC Magazine, 27 Oct. 2026 Equally weighting stocks ensures companies in smaller industries aren’t drowned out by massive ones, like Big Tech. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2026 Mothers who beat, shook, shot, drowned, strangled, and stabbed their babies. — Anja Aronowsky Cronberg, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026 Two out of every three stocks within the S&P 500 rose Thursday, only to get drowned out by the drops for more influential tech stocks. — Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026 Wood, at age 43, drowned off the coast of Santa Catalina during a weekend aboard the family yacht, the Splendour. — Gustavo Egusquiza, Vanity Fair, 22 Oct. 2026 But, according to my kids anyway, they’re drowned out by the very thin ones. — Danielle Pergament, Allure, 19 Oct. 2026 And when the track finally resumed, the lyrics were nearly drowned out by the eruption of cheers as his silhouette was illuminated by golden lights. — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 19 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for drowned

Adjective

If you are headed to the coast, watch out for flooded roads, especially in low-lying areas.

— Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 29 Oct. 2026
Herds of cows waded across flooded pastures as ranchers guided them toward dry land.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of flooded

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The massive fire that broke out last November engulfed seven buildings in an apartment complex in a northern suburban district, killing 168 people and displacing thousands of others.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2026
The building was fully engulfed when emergency crews arrived.

— CBS Baltimore, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of engulfed

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When the timer dinged, Ernest carried his rats to the sink and wet them gently, one at a time.

— Madeline ffitch, Harpers Magazine, 27 Oct. 2026
One of these chambers contains a disc of fabric that is pre-wetted with water, one contains a foaming agent made up of ascorbic acid (vitamin C) and sodium bicarbonate (the main component of baking soda), and one contains a drop of eye medication.

— Ben Coxworth October 23, New Atlas, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of wet

Adjective

Its submerged displacement rises to about 24,000 metric tons.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2026
The discovery was made in the submerged royal harbor of Alexandria, Egypt, and announced this month by the European Institute for Underwater Archaeology.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of submerged

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The president left office above water on the economy, with 48% approving and 41% disapproving — high numbers for a president whose last year was overwhelmed by the Covid pandemic.

— Steve Liesman, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026
Economic recovery, the official argued, must accompany political reform to prevent a future democratic government from being overwhelmed by debt, failing infrastructure, shortages, inflation and insecurity.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of overwhelmed

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The group Brin helped set up, Building a Better California, funded a deluge of ads featuring firefighters, teachers and Newsom that saturated California’s airwaves and social media feeds this fall.

— Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026
When soil remains saturated for extended periods, oxygen becomes limited and chemical changes can create distinctive colors and patterns.

— Dr. Avishesh Neupane, Hartford Courant, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of saturated

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Once produce is washed or cut, refrigerate it in a clean container away from those raw foods.

— Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Nov. 2026
Afterward, store washed or cut produce in clean containers in the refrigerator and away from raw meat, poultry and seafood to avoid cross-contamination.

— Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2026

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