Synonyms for Flood (same or very similar meaning)
WordNet sense 1 (an overwhelming number or amount):
deluge, inundation, torrent
WordNet sense 2 (the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land):
alluvion
WordNet sense 3 (the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide)):
flood tide, rising tide
WordNet sense 4 (light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography):
floodlight, photoflood, flood lamp
WordNet sense 5 (supply with an excess of):
glut, oversupply
WordNet sense 6 (fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid):
inundate, swamp
WordNet sense 7 (the act of flooding; filling to overflowing):
flowage
WordNet sense 8 (a large flow):
outpouring, overflow
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