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submerge

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of submerge

1 to cover with a flood

  • submerged by orders after being featured on a popular foodie blog
Synonyms of submerge

deluge, drown, engulf, flood, gulf, inundate, overflow, overwhelm, submerse, swamp
Words Related to submerge

avalanche, smother

overcome, overrun

flow, flush, gush, pour, sluice, spout, spurt, stream

douse (also dowse), drench, soak, wet
Near Antonyms of submerge

dehydrate, dry, parch
Antonyms of submerge

drain

2 to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid

  • submerge the tomatoes in boiling hot water for a few seconds and they will be easier to peel
Synonyms of submerge

dip, douse (also dowse), duck, dunk, immerse, sop, souse, submerse
Words Related to submerge

bathe, moisten, soak, steep, wet

drench, drown, flood

dive, plunge, thrust

3 to refrain from openly showing or uttering

  • learned to submerge her ego and became a better teammate for doing so
Synonyms of submerge

choke (back), hold back, pocket, repress, sink, smother, stifle, strangle, suppress, swallow
Words Related to submerge

control, govern, manage

bridle, check, curb, quash, quell

bottle up, contain

muffle, squelch
Near Antonyms of submerge

express, loose, release, take out, unleash, vent

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