flood: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 9 letter points · starts with F · ends with D
Meaning of flood
noun
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.
- figuratively
A large number or quantity of anything appearing more rapidly than can easily be dealt with.
Example: a flood of complaints
The flowing in of the tide, opposed to the ebb.
A floodlight.
Listed forms: floods, floud.
Source: Wiktionary — flood.
verb
To overflow, as by water from excessive rainfall.
Example: People flooded into the streets in protest.
To cover or partly fill as if by a flood.
Example: The floor was flooded with beer.
- figuratively
To provide (someone or something) with a larger number or quantity of something than can easily be dealt with.
Example: The station's switchboard was flooded with listeners making complaints.
- Internet, ambitransitive
To paste numerous lines of text to (a chat system) in order to disrupt the conversation.
Listed forms: floods, flooding, flooded, floud.
Source: Wiktionary — flood.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for flood.
noun
the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
noun
an overwhelming number or amount
noun
light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography
- floodlight
- flood lamp
- photoflood
noun
a large flow
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is flood in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of flood
F(4) + L(1) + O(1) + O(1) + D(2) = 9 points.
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Anagrams of flood
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from flood
12 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in flood. Showing up to 24, longest first.