All flood antonyms
flood
F f noun flood
- drought — A prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall; a shortage of water resulting from this.
- shortage — a deficiency in quantity: a shortage of cash.
- dearth — If there is a dearth of something, there is not enough of it.
- deficiency — Deficiency in something, especially something that your body needs, is not having enough of it.
- lack — something missing or needed: After he left, they really felt the lack.
- need — a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation: There is no need for you to go there.
- want — to feel a need or a desire for; wish for: to want one's dinner; always wanting something new.
verb flood
- ebb — the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea (opposed to flood, flow).
- underwhelm — to fail to interest or astonish: After all the ballyhoo, most critics were underwhelmed by the movie.