Synonyms of drowning

drowning

verb

present participle of drown

1

as in flooding

to cover with a flood

whole villages drowned by the rampaging river

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flooding
• engulfing
• overwhelming
• submerging
• inundating
• swamping
• overflowing
• deluging
• flushing
• overcoming
• submersing
• gulfing
• smothering
• flowing
• wetting
• sluicing
• gushing
• pouring
• avalanching
• spurting
• drenching
• overrunning
• soaking
• streaming
• spouting
• dousing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• draining
• drying
• dehydrating
• parching

2

as in soaking

to wet thoroughly with liquid

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• soaking
• saturating
• drenching
• impregnating
• dipping
• submerging
• immersing
• macerating
• washing
• sopping
• steeping
• sousing
• soddening
• inundating
• swamping
• seething
• penetrating
• marinating
• bathing
• watering
• infiltrating
• waterlogging
• permeating
• swilling
• water-soaking
• dousing
• moistening
• hydrating
• presoaking
• humidifying
• damping
• dampening

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• drying
• wringing (out)
• emptying
• searing
• draining
• dehydrating
• voiding
• parching
• desiccating
• dehumidifying

3

as in wetting

to make wet

cooked pasta drowned in marinara sauce

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wetting
• washing
• flooding
• soaking
• bathing
• rinsing
• drenching
• watering
• dousing
• flushing
• submerging
• waterlogging
• wetting down
• splashing
• sopping
• dipping
• damping
• sprinkling
• inundating
• showering
• sousing
• water-soaking
• bedraggling
• soddening
• swamping
• moistening
• overflowing
• saturating
• deluging
• humidifying
• hydrating
• drizzling
• misting
• dampening
• impregnating
• sloshing
• moisturizing
• irrigating
• hosing (down)
• dunking
• sluicing
• bedewing
• laving
• ducking
• aspersing
• steeping
• rehydrating
• rewetting
• rewashing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• drying
• evaporating
• scorching
• searing
• dehydrating
• desiccating
• parching
• dewatering
• freeze-drying
• wringing
• drip-drying
• dehumidifying

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of drowning

If the work is technical and rigorous, make that clear without drowning it in jargon. — Marsha Murray, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026

Their jobs require endurance and discipline, as they not only rescue swimmers who are drowning. — Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2026

The Oklahoma pediatrician accused of killing her 4-year-old daughter while on vacation and making her death look like an accidental drowning claims she is being attacked in jail — and pleaded with a judge for protection. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 5 Aug. 2026

The date stood out to Browning, who’d lost thousands in anticipated shillings when 584 steerage and 253 second-class passengers chose drowning in a Canadian river over registering at one of his boarding houses near the port of Liverpool. — Claire Carusillo, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

Her little brother did not, drowning in the Mediterranean, while their mother disappeared in the chaos when tens of thousands of people surged through the breakwater, trying to leave Morocco behind. — ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026

Multiple media outlets reported that the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner identified the body as Best on Monday afternoon and ruled his cause of death as drowning. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 3 Aug. 2026

Since Trigg's death, Emilie Kiser has used her platform to advocate for drowning prevention. — Melina Khan, USA Today, 29 July 2026

Tony tries drowning his sorrows at the bar of the Flagship, a no-frills seafood eatery run by a man identified only as Chef (Antonio Banderas). — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 29 July 2026