Synonyms of volleys

volleys

noun

plural of volley

as in barrages

a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once

surprised by the volley of complaints about cable service in the area

Synonyms & Similar Words

• barrages
• flurries
• bombardments
• salvos
• cannonades
• fusillades
• drumbeats
• torrents
• hails
• showers
• floods
• tides
• blitzes
• blitzkriegs
• storms
• streams
• drumfires
• bursts
• surges
• outbursts
• broadsides
• avalanches
• outpourings
• rashes
• outflows
• inundations
• currents
• discharges
• earfuls
• rivers
• flushes
• cataracts
• deluges
• flood tides
• spates
• overflows
• gushes
• excesses
• surpluses
• cataclysms
• gluts
• surfeits
• engulfments
• superfluities
• overages
• oversupplies
• overmuch
• overabundances
• overkills
• superabundances

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• drips
• trickles
• dribbles

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of volleys

Shot of the day Karolína Muchová hit two incredible volleys in the tiebreak of her win against Coco Gauff. — James Hansen, New York Times, 9 July 2026

The crafty 10th-seeded Czech, whose slices and volleys are perfectly suited to Wimbledon’s low-bouncing surface, carries a medicine cabinet’s worth of remedies to prove that the All England Club’s famous lawns can be a real irritant. — Douglas Robson, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026

Down a match point during the tiebreak, Williams showed a glimpse of her vintage game, using aces, serves and volleys and winning extended rallies to force a third set. — Amina Kilpatrick, NBC news, 30 June 2026

The 10 tracks of Ton Up are at once his briskest and heaviest yet, miniaturizing his trademark loops of Dillafied psychedelia into speaker-rattling sample snippets that bombard uptempo house beats in dizzying volleys. — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 26 June 2026

Ukraine has also depleted Russia's stocks by forcing it to try and intercept regular volleys of newer, more capable drones, including some equipped with jet engines that are faster and fly further than older models. — Aidan Stretch, CBS News, 17 June 2026

Outnumbered over 10 to 1, the British volleys against them were withering, and again they were thrown back. — Paul Callahan, Baltimore Sun, 14 June 2026

Iran and Israel, which stopped attacking each other in early April, resumed their volleys of fire, putting the entire diplomatic process at risk. — Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2026

Williams, who at one point served a 113 mph ace, was fierce on the court, attacking Routliffe and Melichar-Martinez with strong volleys — and looking to be enjoying every single minute of the hour-plus long match. — Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026