deluge
noun
1. an overwhelming number or amount
Similar word(s): flood, inundation, torrent
Definition categories: quantity, batch, deal, flock, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, wad
2. a heavy rain
Similar word(s): cloudburst, downpour, pelter, soaker, torrent, waterspout
Definition categories: phenomenon, rain, rainfall
3. the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
Similar word(s): alluvion, flood, inundation
Definition categories: phenomenon
Sentences with deluge as a noun:
- The deluge continued for hours, drenching the land and slowing traffic to a halt.
- The rock concert was a deluge of sound.
verb
1. fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid
Similar word(s): flood, inundate, swamp
Definition categories: contact, fill
2. charge someone with too many tasks
Similar word(s): overwhelm
Definition categories: communication, burden, charge, saddle
3. fill or cover completely, usually with water
Similar word(s): inundate, submerge
Definition categories: change, flood
Sentences with deluge as a verb:
- After the announcement, they were deluged with requests for more information.