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Runoff

🔄 Synonyms of "Runoff"

3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
overflownoun	(transitive) To flow over the brim of (a container).
overflowingnoun	overflow
overspillnoun	To spill over, to overflow, to spill out of.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Runoff"

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Word	Definition
overspillnoun	That which spills over.
overflownoun	Excess, superabundance
overflowingnoun	overflow
stormwaternoun	Water that is not absorbed into soil and rapidly flows downstream, increasing the level of waterways. In some municipal systems it intermixes with wastewater, increasing the volume of the latter.
groundwaternoun	Water that exists beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers.
streamflownoun	The runoff of surface water through a channel.
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.
drainagenoun	A natural or artificial means for the removal of fluids from a given area by its draining away.
streamnoun	Any steady flow or succession of material, such as water, air, radio signal or words.
waternoun	A barangay of Baco, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines (unconfirmed).
stormnoun	Any disturbed state of the atmosphere causing destructive or unpleasant weather, especially one affecting the earth's surface involving strong winds (leading to high waves at sea) and usually lightning, thunder, and precipitation.
leachatenoun	(soil science) The liquid produced when water percolates through a permeable material.
watersnoun	Amniotic fluid (see note at water (“amniotic fluid”)).
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.)
flushingnoun	Rushing of blood to the skin's surface, especially on the face, as happens under various physiological circumstances (e.g., in embarrassment or stress or during menopause).
landfillnoun	(countable) A site at which refuse is buried under layers of earth.
leachingnoun	The process by which something is leached.
leakagenoun	An act of leaking, or something that leaks.
fluxnoun	A state of ongoing change.
flownoun	Movement in people or things characterized with a continuous motion, involving either a non solid mass or a multitude.