Synonyms of submerged

submerged 1 of 2

adjective

səb-ˈmərjd 

as in underwater

living, lying, or occurring below the surface of the water

submerged local roadways made for hazardous driving

Synonyms & Similar Words

• underwater
• aquatic
• submarine
• sunken
• oceanic
• deep
• undersea
• deepwater
• deep-sea
• abyssal
• abysmal

submerged

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verb

past tense of submerge

1

as in flooded

to cover with a flood

submerged by orders after being featured on a popular foodie blog

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flooded
• engulfed
• drowned
• overwhelmed
• inundated
• swamped
• deluged
• submersed
• overflowed
• flushed
• gulfed
• overcame
• smothered
• wet
• flowed
• drenched
• soaked
• avalanched
• poured
• sluiced
• overran
• gushed
• streamed
• spurted
• spouted
• doused

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• drained
• dried
• parched
• dehydrated

2

as in immersed

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 & Similar Words

• immersed
• dipped
• drowned
• soaked
• dunked
• submersed
• ducked
• flooded
• wet
• steeped
• moistened
• doused
• bathed
• sopped
• plunged
• soused
• drenched
• thrust
• dived

3

as in stifled

to refrain from openly showing or uttering

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stifled
• suppressed
• swallowed
• repressed
• smothered
• contained
• controlled
• choked (back)
• held back
• strangled
• sank
• managed
• pocketed
• governed
• checked
• quashed
• curbed
• muffled
• quelled
• bridled
• squelched
• bottled up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• expressed
• released
• took out
• unleashed
• vented
• loosed

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of submerged

Adjective

Months of inactivity allow microbes, algae, barnacles and other invertebrates to colonize submerged surfaces. — Monica Sanders, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Additional video from Christy Davoudpour showed the 2014 Cessna on its side with one wing in the water, and then half-submerged. — Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026

Verb

The kind where you’re blindfolded, submerged into a dark room, escorted to your seat, and left to experience an entire meal in near-total darkness? — Tiana Randall, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026

Seventy million barrels is the strict physical minimum needed at the top of the caverns to keep the extraction pipes safely submerged in oil rather than water, said Siddharth Misra, a petroleum engineering professor at Texas A&M University. — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2026