Synonyms of drowning

drowning

verb

present participle of drown

1

as in flooding

to cover with a flood

whole villages drowned by the rampaging river

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flooding
• engulfing
• overwhelming
• submerging
• inundating
• swamping
• overflowing
• deluging
• flushing
• overcoming
• submersing
• gulfing
• smothering
• flowing
• wetting
• sluicing
• gushing
• pouring
• avalanching
• spurting
• drenching
• overrunning
• soaking
• spouting
• streaming
• dousing
• dowsing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• draining
• drying
• dehydrating
• parching

2

as in soaking

to wet thoroughly with liquid

drowned the carpet with shampoo, and so it took forever to dry

Synonyms & Similar Words

• soaking
• saturating
• drenching
• impregnating
• submerging
• dipping
• immersing
• macerating
• washing
• sopping
• steeping
• sousing
• soddening
• inundating
• swamping
• seething
• penetrating
• waterlogging
• marinating
• bathing
• watering
• infiltrating
• permeating
• swilling
• water-soaking
• dousing
• moistening
• hydrating
• dowsing
• presoaking
• humidifying
• damping
• dampening

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• drying
• wringing (out)
• emptying
• searing
• draining
• dehydrating
• voiding
• parching
• desiccating
• dehumidifying

3

as in wetting

to make wet

cooked pasta drowned in marinara sauce

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wetting
• washing
• flooding
• soaking
• bathing
• rinsing
• drenching
• watering
• flushing
• dousing
• submerging
• waterlogging
• wetting down
• splashing
• sopping
• dowsing
• dipping
• sprinkling
• inundating
• showering
• sousing
• damping
• water-soaking
• bedraggling
• soddening
• swamping
• moistening
• overflowing
• saturating
• deluging
• humidifying
• drizzling
• hydrating
• dampening
• misting
• impregnating
• sloshing
• moisturizing
• hosing (down)
• irrigating
• dunking
• sluicing
• bedewing
• laving
• ducking
• aspersing
• steeping
• rehydrating
• rewetting
• rewashing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• drying
• evaporating
• scorching
• searing
• dehydrating
• desiccating
• parching
• dewatering
• freeze-drying
• wringing
• drip-drying
• dehumidifying