Synonyms of flooding

flooding

verb

present participle of flood

as in engulfing

to cover with a flood

the lowlands were completely flooded

angry calls flooded the radio station

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• draining
• drying
• dehydrating
• parching

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of flooding

Kelly Howe The area around the Aspen Acres fire was also struck by flooding last month. — Christa Swanson, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026

Tributes are flooding in for Hayden Panettiere, the Scream and Heroes star who died Sunday at 36. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2026

Lala is no longer a hurricane, but the tropical storm is drenching Hawaii with sideways rain, hurricane-force gusts and pounding surf, flooding rivers and triggering mudslides. — Alexa St. John, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026

Equity means ensuring every child has access to what research tells us supports learning, not flooding classrooms with surveillance technology that produces cognitive and emotional debt that will disproportionately harm students of color. — Kaliris Salas-Ramirez, New York Daily News, 16 Aug. 2026

Amid widespread concerns about AI content flooding the internet and the workplace, regions like the European Union and South Korea are now implementing legislation to make sure generative AI content is clearly identifiable. — Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 15 Aug. 2026

According to the release, power outages peaked at more than 300,000 customers, while flooding in some areas reached levels associated with a 100-year flood event. — Jen Guadarrama, IndyStar, 15 Aug. 2026

Cincinnati and Charleston are included in a more serious Level 3 of 4 threat of flooding rainfall Tuesday that stretches from eastern Indiana to central West Virginia. — Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026

The Bills held their return of the Red and Blue practice at Highmark on Saturday, and posts on social media started flooding in, racking up millions of views and engagements, showing the frankly inexcusable views from some seats at the new stadium. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2026