Synonyms
crowd, mob, swarm, throng—more at CROWD
floe noun : a flat mass of floating ice
flog verb flogged; flog·ging 1 : to beat with or as if with a rod or whip
2 : SELL <~ encyclopedias>
— flog·ger noun
Synonyms
bash, bat, batter, beat, belt, bludgeon, buffet, club, drub, hammer, hide, lace, lambaste, lick, maul, pelt, pound, thrash, thump, wallop, whale, whip—more at BEAT
1flood noun 1 : a great flow of water over the land
2 : the flowing in of the tide
3 : an overwhelming volume
Synonyms
[1, 3] cataclysm, cataract, deluge, inundation, overflow, spate, torrent; also current, river, stream, tide; discharge, flush, gush, outflow, outpouring; flux, inflow, influx; washout; avalanche; cascade, waterfall; excess, glut, overabundance, overage, overkill, overmuch, oversupply, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplus
Antonyms
drought
2flood verb 1 : to cover or become filled with a flood
2 : to fill abundantly or excessively; especially : to supply an excess of fuel to <~ed the engine>
3 : to pour forth in a flood
— flood·er noun
Synonyms
deluge, drown, engulf, inundate, overflow, overwhelm, submerge, swamp; also overcome, flow, flush, gush, pour, sluice, spout, spurt, stream; douse, drench
Antonyms
drain
flood·gate noun : a gate for controlling a body of water : SLUICE
flood·light noun : a lamp that throws a broad beam of light; also : the beam itself
— floodlight verb
flood·plain noun : a plain along a river or stream subject to periodic flooding
flood tide noun 1 : a rising tide
2 : an overwhelming quantity
3 : a high point
flood·wa·ter noun : the water of a flood
1floor noun 1 : the bottom of a room on which one stands
2 : a ground surface
3 : a story of a building
4 : a main level space (as in a legislative chamber) distinguished from a platform or gallery
5 : AUDIENCE
6 : the right to address an assembly
7 : a lower limit — floor·ing noun
2floor verb 1 : to furnish with a floor
2 : to knock down
3 : to overwhelm with shock, surprise, or wonder
4 : to press (a vehicle's accelerator) to the floorboard esp. rapidly
Synonyms
[2] bowl, down, drop, fell, knock, level
[3] amaze, astonish, astound, bowl, dumbfound, flabbergast, overwhelm, shock, startle, stun, surprise
floor·board noun 1 : a board in a floor
2 : the floor of an automobile
floor leader noun : a member of a legislative body who has charge of a party's organization and strategy on the floor
floor show noun : a series of acts presented in a nightclub
floor·walk·er noun : a person employed in a retail store to oversee the sales force and aid customers
floo·zy or floo·zie noun, plural floozies : a usu. young woman of loose morals
1flop verb flopped; flop·ping 1 : to swing or move loosely : FLAP
2 : to throw oneself down heavily, clumsily, or in a relaxed manner 3 : to fall short of success : FAIL — flop adverb
— flop·per noun
Synonyms
[1] beat, flail, flap, flutter, whip—more at FLAP
[2] plop, plump, plunk; also fling, heave, sling, toss; ensconce, install, plant, settle
[3] collapse, fail, flunk, fold, wash out—more at FAIL
2flop noun : something that is a failure
Synonyms
bust, debacle, dud, failure, fiasco, fizzle, loser, washout—more at FAILURE
flop·house noun : a cheap hotel
1floppy adjective flop·pi·er; -est : tending to flop; especially : soft and flexible
— flop·pi·ly adverb
Synonyms
droopy, flaccid, lank, limp, slack, yielding—more at LIMP
2floppy noun, plural flop·pies : FLOPPY DISK
floppy disk noun : a thin plastic disk with a magnetic coating on which computer data can