FLOWED Synonyms: 74 Similar and Opposite Words

flowed

verb

past tense of flow

as in poured

to move in a stream water was flowing over the dam at a tremendous rate

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as in drifted

to move or proceed smoothly and readily as everyone relaxed, the conversation really started to flow

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Recent Examples of flowed But that night, as the drinks flowed, Pattinson couldn’t help but riff on what an actor might do with the character. — Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 12 Oct. 2026 The money allegedly flowed through a web of companies and bank accounts in Antigua, the United Arab Emirates, the United States and elsewhere. — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026 With less than four weeks until Election Day, some of the biggest six-figure checks that once routinely flowed to the Democratic National Committee haven’t materialized. — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026 The attorneys believe issues with the IV meant the drug flowed into her body instead of her bloodstream. — Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026 Türk noted that nearly $5 billion dollars in remittances flowed into Haiti last year — around one sixth of its gross domestic product. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2026 This strategic waterway has become more important still as the war in Iran disrupts transit through the Strait of Hormuz, through which about one-fifth of the world’s oil has traditionally flowed. — Anna Mulrine Grobe, Christian Science Monitor, 6 Oct. 2026 Star67, a private-dining concept, kept the crowd snacking on birthday cake bites and ice cream sundaes as the drinks flowed. — Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026 Material from both sides of this line flowed together to assemble the parent objects of Bennu, Ryugu and CI chondrites, with ice acting like glue to bond the fine dust particles together. — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 27 Sep. 2026

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Officers punched him, covered his face, poured a noxious liquid over him and threatened him with further abuse.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2026
Shares struggled for much of the year as the Facebook and Instagram parent poured increasingly large sums into AI infrastructure without giving Wall Street enough evidence of how those investments would generate new revenue.

— Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of poured

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Republicans hope that by reprising warnings of crime and disorder the party can reenergize their disillusioned base and win back skeptical moderate voters who have drifted over concerns like affordability.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026
From there, the group drifted upstairs for dinner at Odo chez Ogata.

— Vogue, Vogue, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of drifted

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The pinkish squid glided two miles beneath the surface, its long, pale legs trailing from undulating fins, stunning scientists who know remarkably little about its diet, behavior or reproduction.

— Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
Merino glided away from challenges to keep Arsenal in control.

— Thom Harris, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of glided

Verb

Henderson picked it up and sailed a throw to first, allowing the tying run to score.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
More than five centuries ago, the son of a wool weaver from Genoa sailed westward to widen the boundaries of the known world.

— Mackenzie Chase, The Washington Examiner, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of sailed

Verb

As Florida and Alabama cleaned up after Isaias swept through the day before, the storm’s remnants brought the risk of flooding to the Appalachians and the mid-Atlantic region on Sunday.

— Sophie Bates, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026
Related Though local law enforcement swept Tulsa’s BOK Center and its surroundings and determined the threat was not credible on Friday, the show was still called off.

— Ashley Iasimone, Billboard, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of swept

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His penchant for the audacious was on display in 2024 when Puigdemont suddenly appeared in Barcelona, gave a public speech and slipped through the police’s grip.

— Joseph Wilson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
The father lifted the child to check out the hotel's waterpark visible from a window when the boy somehow slipped and tumbled 12 meters (about 40 feet), falling to his death.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026

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