DROWNING Synonyms: 89 Similar and Opposite Words

drowning

verb

present participle of drown

as in flooding

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

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as in soaking

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

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as in wetting

to make wet cooked pasta drowned in marinara sauce

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Recent Examples of drowning In a skeptical market drowning in content and choice, the only sustainable strategy is being the most helpful person in the room—not the loudest or the pushiest. —

William Decourcy, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026 In 2022, at a meeting of the Council of Europe, a human-rights organization, Infantino suggested that holding the World Cup more often might prevent so many African refugees from drowning in the Mediterranean. —

Sam Knight, New Yorker, 1 June 2026 The former Sports Illustrated cover star and her bodyguard boyfriend Martin Kirsten rushed into the water to pull them to safety and prevent them from drowning. —

Skyler Trepel, Entertainment Weekly, 30 May 2026 The Carbon County Coroner's Office said the Forensic Pathology Associates at the Lehigh County Coroner’s Office completed an autopsy on May 28 and determined that the boy's cause of death was drowning. —

Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 29 May 2026 One of the women died from injuries caused by a sharp object; another woman showed signs of poisoning; and the third woman's preliminary investigation showed signs of asphyxiation by drowning, the statement said. —

Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026 At least seven other deaths in France, five from drowning, have also been tied to the sweltering conditions. —

Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 29 May 2026 Contributing factors include drowning, coronary artery disease and the effects of buprenorphine, which is used to treat opioid use disorder, the medical examiner said. —

City News Service, Daily News, 27 May 2026 Before this expansion, VenHub was drowning in its own success, racking up high-profile partnerships with heavy hitters such as LAX/Metro and Circa Resort & Casino while lacking the raw physical capacity to actually build the hardware. —

Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 27 May 2026

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Grounds are already saturated, so additional rainfall will lead to flooding in low-lying areas across parts of North Texas.

— Lauren Bostwick, CBS News, 6 June 2026
Win or lose, the plays will be clipped incessantly, jammed into highlight reels or viral tweets, and B-roll of fans flooding the streets past subway stops adorned in Knicks colors and Timberlands will be plastered all over a thousand documentaries.

— Kyle Wagner, New York Daily News, 3 June 2026