Synonyms of inundate

inundate

verb

ˈi-(ˌ)nən-ˌdāt 

as in to flood

to cover with a flood

water from the overflowing bathtub inundated the bathroom floor

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flood
• engulf
• overwhelm
• drown
• submerge
• deluge
• overflow
• swamp
• gulf
• overcome
• flush
• submerse
• smother
• overrun
• flow
• gush
• stream
• wet
• avalanche
• drench
• spurt
• pour
• soak
• spout
• douse
• sluice

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• drain
• dry
• dehydrate
• parch

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of inundate

The marketing industry has been inundated with stats on the rise of zero-click search, the behavior where users get their answers directly from a search results page without ever visiting the source. — Kristen Dolan, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

In the 1985 book No Sense of Place, the media theorist Joshua Meyrowitz observed that television and other electronic media inundated Americans with new kinds of information about their prospective leaders. — Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026

Artificial intelligence is rapidly inundating health care, from systems that transcribe doctor-patient conversations to algorithms trained to spot anomalies in chest X-rays. — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2026

Over the last decade or so, military news has been inundated with discussions on the latest developments in drones, artificial intelligence (AI), and the like. — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 6 July 2026