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Overflow

🔄 Synonyms of "Overflow"

11 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
floodnoun	An overflow of a large amount of water (usually disastrous) from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.
outpouringnoun	The sudden outward flowing of a large amount of something.
overrunverb	(transitive) To defeat an enemy and invade in great numbers, seizing the enemy positions conclusively.
bubble oververb	(intransitive, idiomatic) To be very enthusiastic, or highly excited.
overflowingnoun	overflow
spill oververb	to enter into another zone by way of accident or overcrowding; to overflow
runoffnoun	That portion of precipitation or irrigation on an area which does not infiltrate or evaporate, but instead is discharged from the area.
overspillnoun	To spill over, to overflow, to spill out of.
brim oververb	(intransitive, by extension) To experience a very strong emotion; to be overcome with emotion.
well oververb	flow or run over (a limit or brim)
run oververb	(transitive, idiomatic) To drive over, causing injury or death.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Overflow"

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Word	Definition
spill oververb	to enter into another zone by way of accident or overcrowding; to overflow
overspillnoun	To spill over, to overflow, to spill out of.
outpouringnoun	The sudden outward flowing of a large amount of something.
brim oververb	(intransitive, by extension) To experience a very strong emotion; to be overcome with emotion.
overrunverb	(transitive) To defeat an enemy and invade in great numbers, seizing the enemy positions conclusively.
run oververb	(transitive, idiomatic) To drive over, causing injury or death.
bubble oververb	(intransitive, idiomatic) To be very enthusiastic, or highly excited.
floodnoun	An overflow of a large amount of water (usually disastrous) from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.
runoffnoun	That portion of precipitation or irrigation on an area which does not infiltrate or evaporate, but instead is discharged from the area.
well oververb	flow or run over (a limit or brim)
spillovernoun	That which overflows; the excess or side effect.
spillagenoun	That which has been spilled.
outflownoun	The process of flowing out.
influxnoun	A flow inward or into something; a coming in.
spillnoun	(transitive) To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to accidentally pour.
flownoun	Movement in people or things characterized with a continuous motion, involving either a non solid mass or a multitude.
leakagenoun	An act of leaking, or something that leaks.
teemverb	To be prolific; to abound; to be rife.
seepagenoun	The process by which something, especially a liquid, leaks through a porous substance; the process of seeping. (Also used figuratively: the process of diffusing.)
spreadverb	(transitive) To stretch out, open out (a material etc.) so that it more fully covers a given area of space.