deluge C2+ Topic:Weather & Climate US /ˈdɛljudʒ/ UK /ˈdɛljuːdʒ/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a great flood or overwhelming flow of something A deluge of complaints buried the support team within hours. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a great flood or... floodinundationtorrentdownpourcascadespateoverflow ↔ Opposites droughttrickledrip Word family Derived forms delugeddeluging Related forms diluvialantediluviandilute Etymology AI details From Old French deluge, from Latin diluvium ('a flood'), from diluere ('to wash away'), from di- ('apart') + luere ('to wash'). diluvium Latin luere Latin *lewh₃- Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics Weather & Climate External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # deluge **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈdɛljudʒ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈdɛljuːdʒ/ ## Meanings 1. a great flood or overwhelming flow of something ## Examples - A deluge of complaints buried the support team within hours. ## Synonyms - flood - inundation - torrent - downpour - cascade - spate - overflow ## Antonyms - drought - trickle - drip ## Derived Forms - deluged - deluging ## Related Forms - diluvial - antediluvian - dilute ## Roots and Affixes - Root: diluvium - Root: luere - Root: *lewh₃- ## Etymology From Old French deluge, from Latin diluvium ('a flood'), from diluere ('to wash away'), from di- ('apart') + luere ('to wash'). ## AI Etymology Deluge is from Old French deluge, from Latin diluvium ('a flood'), from diluere ('to wash away'), from di- ('apart') + luere ('to wash'). Important recorded forms include diluvium (Latin), luere (Latin), and *lewh₃- (Proto-Indo-European). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers a great flood or overwhelming flow of something. The wider family includes derived forms such as deluged and deluging and related words such as diluvial, antediluvian, and dilute. ## Topics - Weather & Climate markdown