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

Kansas City will start the week warm and dry before the remnants of Hurricane Polo bring rounds of rain and thunderstorms midweek, with heavy rainfall and flooding possible, according to the National Weather Service. — Kansas City Star, 28 Sep. 2026

Rain with flooding possible Thursday Rain chances remain very high, around 90%, with additional periods of heavy rain and thunderstorms possible on Thursday. — Michael Autovino, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026

While flooding itself will not be expected across a wide area, the opportunity for strong flood events does look elevated for the state starting in December. — Sean MacAday, Sacbee.com, 27 Sep. 2026

Extreme amounts of rain — more than 4 inches since Friday in some spots in New Jersey — combined with a surging ocean brought flooding not seen for nearly a decade in places used to dealing with high water, residents said. — Leah Willingham, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026

More than 545,000 people in 25 other provinces have been impacted by flooding as of Sunday, especially in the central and eastern regions, according to the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation. — ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026

The policy is making the British glass industry more expensive than the cheap imports from China and Turkey which are flooding the market. — Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 21 Sep. 2026

Back then the age of discovery was at its peak, and startling new information about what had previously been a very parochial planet was flooding into the academies of Europe and the Americas. — Ian Tattersall, The New York Review of Books, 19 Sep. 2026

This work should not be about flooding the internet with AI slop. — Evan Nierman, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026