Synonyms of drowns

drowns

verb

present tense third-person singular of drown

1

as in engulfs

to cover with a flood

whole villages drowned by the rampaging river

Synonyms & Similar Words

• engulfs
• floods
• overwhelms
• submerges
• inundates
• overflows
• swamps
• deluges
• overcomes
• gulfs
• flushes
• submerses
• smothers
• flows
• wets
• gushes
• avalanches
• pours
• overruns
• streams
• drenches
• soaks
• spouts
• sluices
• douses
• spurts

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• drains
• dries
• dehydrates
• parches

2

as in soaks

to wet thoroughly with liquid

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• soaks
• saturates
• impregnates
• drenches
• submerges
• immerses
• macerates
• dips
• washes
• steeps
• sops
• inundates
• soddens
• waters
• penetrates
• souses
• seethes
• marinates
• water-soaks
• bathes
• permeates
• infiltrates
• douses
• swamps
• waterlogs
• moistens
• hydrates
• swills
• dampens
• damps
• humidifies
• presoaks

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dries
• empties
• drains
• wrings (out)
• dehydrates
• sears
• voids
• desiccates
• parches
• dehumidifies

3

as in wets

to make wet

cooked pasta drowned in marinara sauce

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wets
• washes
• floods
• waters
• soaks
• bathes
• drenches
• douses
• rinses
• submerges
• water-soaks
• flushes
• damps
• inundates
• wets down
• waterlogs
• dips
• sops
• moistens
• splashes
• saturates
• bedraggles
• soddens
• showers
• sprinkles
• souses
• dampens
• hydrates
• impregnates
• overflows
• moisturizes
• humidifies
• drizzles
• deluges
• swamps
• bedews
• hoses (down)
• mists
• asperses
• irrigates
• sloshes
• laves
• ducks
• sluices
• rehydrates
• dunks
• steeps
• rewashes
• rewets

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dries
• scorches
• evaporates
• dehydrates
• desiccates
• sears
• parches
• wrings
• dewaters
• dehumidifies
• freeze-dries
• drip-dries

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of drowns

The quality of the coffee seems a bit underwhelming, and its bitterness drowns out much of the perceptible campfire-ness. — Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 1 Sep. 2026

With notable traffic boosts over the Android competition guaranteeing more digital inches and headlines, the associated media coverage drowns out alternatives. — Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026

James eventually drowns, leaving Sara and Max to continue alone. — Isadora Wandermurem, Time, 29 July 2026

Most of the peril comes with dangerous ship-wrecking moments, including one that implies the death of Moana's relative, while our heroine herself almost drowns on her first voyage from land. — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 9 July 2026

The show involved bizarre, absurdist comedy premises — in one episode, a man drowns in a bowl of Mary’s chicken soup — and satirized the effects of consumerism on the American housewife. — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 7 July 2026

Drenching the nest and surrounding area with water drowns workers and possibly the queen, which disrupts the colony. — Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 10 June 2026

Their gigantic bigotry drowns out their smaller accomplishments. — Alan M. Dershowitz, New York Daily News, 16 Apr. 2026

But the staggering amount of money poured into this club by BlueCo over the past three years drowns out all attempts at mitigation and erases all excuses. — Liam Twomey, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2026