English noun: inundation | |||
1. | inundation (phenomenon) the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land | ||
Samples | Plains fertilized by annual inundations. | ||
Synonyms | alluvion, deluge, flood | ||
Broader (hypernym) | geological phenomenon | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | debacle, flash flood, flashflood, Noachian deluge, Noah and the Flood, Noah's flood, the Flood | ||
2. | inundation (quantity) an overwhelming number or amount | ||
Samples | A flood of requests. A torrent of abuse. | ||
Synonyms | deluge, flood, torrent | ||
Broader (hypernym) | batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad | ||