alluvion | Definition of alluvion

Synonyms and Antonyms of alluvion

a great flow of water or of something that overwhelms

the nonstop torrential rains were threatening to produce an alluvion of biblical proportions

Synonyms of alluvion

bath, cataclysm, cataract, deluge, flood, flood tide, inundation, Niagara, overflow, spate, torrent

Words Related to alluvion

current, river, stream, tide

cloudburst, discharge, flush, gush, outflow, outpouring

flux, inflow, influx

engulfment, washout

avalanche, blizzard

cascade, waterfall

excess, glut, overabundance, overage, overkill, overmuch, oversupply, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplus

Near Antonyms of alluvion

dribble, drip, trickle

Antonyms of alluvion

drought (also drouth)