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

The world’s strikers are going to have to reach deep into their bag of sweetly struck volleys, mazy solo goals and thundering free kicks to eclipse it. — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026

Medasin, whose thesis was already overflowing with preemptive volleys and counterfactuals, batted away the refutation. — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 4 Aug. 2026

England was superb with its back to the wall, first holding out volleys of Argentina attacks then, restored to 14 men and finally to full strength, scoring tries through Marcus Smith and Manny Feyi-Waboso to seal its win. — ABC News, 18 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

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