torrent

English Thesaurus

1. a violently fast stream of water (or other liquid) (noun.event)

hypernym	:	current, stream,
definition	:	a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes) (noun.event)

2. a heavy rain (noun.phenomenon)

hypernym	:	rain, rainfall,
definition	:	water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere (noun.phenomenon)

3. an overwhelming number or amount (noun.quantity)

hypernym	:	batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad,
definition	:	(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent (noun.quantity)

4. a violently fast stream of water (or other liquid) (noun.event)

derivation	:	torrential,
definition	:	relating to or resulting from the action of a torrent (adj.pert)

5. a heavy rain (noun.phenomenon)

derivation	:	douse, dowse, drench, soak, sop, souse,
definition	:	cover with liquid; pour liquid onto (verb.change)

derivation	:	deluge, inundate, submerge,
definition	:	fill or cover completely, usually with water (verb.change)

derivation	:	deluge, flood, inundate, swamp,
definition	:	fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid (verb.contact)

derivation	:	pelt, pour, rain buckets, rain cats and dogs, stream,
definition	:	rain heavily (verb.weather)

derivation	:	torrential,
definition	:	pouring in abundance (adj.all)

6. an overwhelming number or amount (noun.quantity)

derivation	:	deluge, flood out, overwhelm,
definition	:	charge someone with too many tasks (verb.communication)

derivation	:	deluge, flood, inundate, swamp,
definition	:	fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid (verb.contact)

derivation	:	flood, glut, oversupply,
definition	:	supply with an excess of (verb.possession)

derivation	:	torrential,
definition	:	resembling a torrent in force and abundance (adj.all)

7. a violently fast stream of water (or other liquid) (noun.event)

derivation	:	torrential,
definition	:	relating to or resulting from the action of a torrent (adj.pert)

8. a heavy rain (noun.phenomenon)

derivation	:	douse, dowse, drench, soak, sop, souse,
definition	:	cover with liquid; pour liquid onto (verb.change)

derivation	:	deluge, inundate, submerge,
definition	:	fill or cover completely, usually with water (verb.change)

derivation	:	deluge, flood, inundate, swamp,
definition	:	fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid (verb.contact)

derivation	:	pelt, pour, rain buckets, rain cats and dogs, stream,
definition	:	rain heavily (verb.weather)

derivation	:	torrential,
definition	:	pouring in abundance (adj.all)

9. an overwhelming number or amount (noun.quantity)

derivation	:	deluge, flood out, overwhelm,
definition	:	charge someone with too many tasks (verb.communication)

derivation	:	deluge, flood, inundate, swamp,
definition	:	fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid (verb.contact)

derivation	:	flood, glut, oversupply,
definition	:	supply with an excess of (verb.possession)

derivation	:	torrential,
definition	:	resembling a torrent in force and abundance (adj.all)