| Main Entry: | cataract |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | waterfall |
Synonyms: |
deluge, flood, rapids, torrent |
| Notes: | a turbulent, rock-obstructed river area is rapid(s) and steep rapids make a cataract |
| Main Entry: | blindness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sightlessness |
Synonyms: |
amaurosis, anopsia, astigmatism, cataracts, darkness, defect, myopia, presbyopia, purblindness, typhlosis |
Antonyms: |
sight, sightedness |
| Main Entry: | cascade |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something falling, especially water |
Synonyms: |
avalanche, cataract, chute, deluge, downrush, falls, flood, force, fountain, outpouring, precipitation, rapids, shower, spout, torrent, watercourse, waterfall |
| Main Entry: | cataclysm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disaster |
Synonyms: |
calamity, cataract, catastrophe, collapse, convulsion, crunch, curtains, debacle, deluge, disturbance, double trouble, flood, flooding, holy mess, inundation, misadventure, ruin, torrent, tragedy, unholy mess, upheaval, waterloo, woe |
Antonyms: |
boon, good fortune, happiness, miracle, wonder |
| Main Entry: | deluge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | downpour, flood of something |
Synonyms: |
avalanche, barrage, cataclysm, cataract, drencher, flux, inundation, niagara, overflowing, overrunning, pour, rush, spate, torrent |
| Main Entry: | descend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move down, lower a |
Synonyms: |
cascade, cataract, cave in, coast, collapse, crash, crouch, decline, deplane, detrain, dip, disembark, dismount, dive, dribble, drop, fall, fall prostrate, get down, get off, go down, gravitate, ground, incline, light, lose balance, penetrate, pitch, plop, plummet, plunge, prolapse, set, settle, sink, slant, slide, slip, slope, slough off, slump, stoop, stumble, submerge, subside, swoop, toboggan, topple, trickle, trip, tumble, weep |
Antonyms: |
ascend, go up, increase, rise |
| Main Entry: | flood |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | overwhelming flow, quantity |
Synonyms: |
abundance, alluvion, bore, bounty, cataclysm, cataract, current, deluge, downpour, drencher, drift, eager, excess, flow, flux, freshet, glut, inundation, multitude, niagara, outgushing, outpouring, overflow, plenty, pour, profusion, rush, spate, stream, superabundance, superfluity, surge, surplus, tide, torrent, tsunami, wave |
| Main Entry: | overflow |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flood, inundation |
Synonyms: |
advance, cataclysm, cataract, congestion, deluge, discharge, encroachment, enforcement, engorgement, excess, exuberance, flash flood, flooding, infringement, niagara, overabundance, overcrowding, overkill, overmuch, overproduction, plethora, pour, propulsion, push, redundancy, spate, spill, spillover, submergence, submersion, superfluity, surfeit, surplus, torrent |
| Main Entry: | pour |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be or make flowing |
Synonyms: |
cascade, cataract, course, crowd, decant, deluge, discharge, drain, drench, emit, flood, flow, give off, gush, inundate, issue, jet, let flow, proceed, rain, rill, roll, run, rush, sheet, shower, sluice, spew, spill, splash, spout, spring, stream, surge, swarm, teem, throng |
| Main Entry: | torrent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | heavy flow |
Synonyms: |
cascade, cataclysm, cataract, cloudburst, deluge, downpour, effusion, flood, flooding, flux, gush, inundation, niagara, outburst, overflow, pour, rush, shower, spate, stream, tide, waterfall |
Antonyms: |
drip |