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

An expert in vehicle-drowning deaths explained in 2017 how evidence pointed to an accidental death when a University of Missouri-Kansas City student’s body was found in the Missouri River. — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026

The film is also Diop’s first narrative film, taking the court case of Fabienne Kabou, a Senegalese French woman who was ultimately convicted of murder for drowning her child, as inspiration. — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 14 Sep. 2026

Across Argentina, young borrowers like 20-year-old law student Martín Taborda are drowning in small loans that ballooned into unpayable debts, forcing them to abandon studies and basic expenses. — Débora Rey, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026

After decades of decline, the rate of drowning deaths among children has risen significantly in recent years, doctors recently warned. — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026

Estimates of the death toll range from roughly 1 million to 4 million, with later deaths attributed to famine and disease as well as drowning. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2026

But football clubs are the noisiest of all of them, capable of drowning out even politics when the attention economy is at its loudest. — James Horncastle, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2026

Many women have felt overwhelmed to the point of drowning in the months after giving birth, and many have sought help but failed to receive it. — Elizabeth Bruenig, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026

The Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled his death an accident caused by complications of near-drowning, according to the newspaper. — Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 2 Sep. 2026