flood

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. deluge, inundation, torrent, freshet, cloudburst, spate; superabundance. See sufficiency, water, assemblage.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

1. [A Great flow of water]

Syn. deluge, surge, tide, high tide, freshet, overflow, torrent, flash flood, inundation, alluvion, wave, bore, flood tide, eagre, tidal flood, tidal flow.

2. [An overwhelming quantity]

Syn. outpouring, spate, abundance, superabundance; see sense 1, plenty .

v.

Syn. inundate, swamp, overflow, deluge, submerge, drown, engulf, immerse, brim over, rush upon, overwhelm.

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

I

n.

deluge, inundation, torrent, overflow, outpouring, gush, rush, surge, wave, tsunami, downpour, cloudburst, gullywasher, *rain of biblical proportion, cataclysm.

II

v.

deluge, inundate, overflow, gush, rush, surge, overwhelm, drown, engulf, submerge, swamp, flush, drench, saturate.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun 1. An abundant, usually overwhelming flow or fall, as of a river or rain: alluvion, cataclysm, cataract, deluge, downpour, freshet, inundation, Niagara, overflow, torrent. Chiefly British: spate. See BIG. 2. Something suggestive of running water: current, drift, flow, flux, rush, spate, stream, surge, tide. See MOVE. II verb 1. To flow over completely: deluge, drown, engulf, flush, inundate, overflow, overwhelm, submerge, whelm. See FULL. 2. To affect as if by an outpouring of water: deluge, inundate, overwhelm, swamp, whelm. See FULL. 3. To come or go in large numbers: pour, swarm, throng, troop. See BIG, MOVE.