deluge
Overwhelming watery onslaught
A deluge is an overwhelming flood or downpour.
The word often appears in figurative contexts for any overwhelming quantity: a deluge of emails, a deluge of complaints.
To deluge is to inundate or overwhelm: Reporters deluged the press secretary with questions.
Capitalized, the Deluge refers to the biblical flood survived by Noah.
Intense precipitation event
- cloudburstSudden heavy localized rainfall
- monsoonSeasonal tropical wind pattern
- torrentialFlowing in violent streams
- precipitationAtmospheric water deposit
rainstorm · thunderstorm · squall · tempest · cascade · drenching · soaking · pouring
Extravagant amount present
- torrentViolent rushing flow
- outpouringCopious, spontaneous release
- floodOverwhelming water overflow
- streamSteady continuous flow
wave · surge · glut · surfeit · barrage · avalanche · explosion · cascade
Traditional story of divine inundation
- NoahBiblical vessel builder
- arkLarge rescue vessel
- GenesisFirst biblical book
- GilgameshMesopotamian epic protagonist
Utnapishtim · biblical · cataclysm · great flood · divine punishment · primordial waters · ancient waters
Overwhelmed by quantity
- swampedOverwhelmed beyond capacity
- engulfedCompletely swallowed up
- overrunSpread throughout uncontrollably
- bombardedAttacked with heavy fire
besieged · saturated · overloaded · buried · drowning · avalanche · barrage · onslaught
downpour
Intense precipitation event
- cloudburstSudden heavy localized rainfall
- monsoonSeasonal tropical wind pattern
- torrentialFlowing in violent streams
precipitation · rainstorm · thunderstorm · squall · tempest · cascade · drenching · soaking · pouring · showers
profusion
Extravagant amount present
- torrentViolent rushing flow
- outpouringCopious, spontaneous release
- floodOverwhelming water overflow
stream · wave · surge · glut · surfeit · barrage · avalanche · explosion · cascade · onslaught
flood myth
Traditional story of divine inundation
Gilgamesh · Utnapishtim · biblical · cataclysm · great flood · divine punishment · primordial waters · ancient waters
inundated
Overwhelmed by quantity
- swampedOverwhelmed beyond capacity
- engulfedCompletely swallowed up
- overrunSpread throughout uncontrollably
bombarded · besieged · saturated · overloaded · buried · drowning · avalanche · barrage · onslaught · blitz
inundation
Overwhelming surge of water
- overflowExceed capacity and spill
- floodwatersOverflow from swollen waterways
- leveeRiver flood barrier
dike · sandbags · evacuation · watershed · silt · sediment · erosion · drainage · dam · reservoir
wave
Oscillating motion through medium
tide · migration · arrivals · refugees · newcomers · settlers · immigrants · mass movement · inflow · invasion
- floodsflood damage, flood warning, flood warnings, flash floods, flood stage
- overflowoverflow pipe, overflow drain, overflow tank, overfill, spillover
- cascadesfalls, flow, pour, torrent, rush
- naturesun, moon, sky, trees, water
- rainrain, drizzling, downpour, raindrop, raindrops
- mythologyZeus, Apollo, Athena, Poseidon, Odin