Flow and Overflow

Similar meaning words

mutual synonyms sentence examples collocations

Flow

Flow verb - To move in a stream.
Usage example: water was flowing over the dam at a tremendous rate
Show all Definitions
Synonyms for Flow
Antonyms for Flow
Overflow is a synonym for flow in run topic. In some cases you can use "Overflow" instead the word "Flow" as a verb or a noun, when it comes to topics like issue, pour, flood, big.
Nearby Words: flowing, flowed

Overflow

Overflow verb - To flow over the brim or top of.
Usage example: while the wine steward stood there gawking at the nearby celebrity, my expensive champagne was overflowing its glass and pouring onto our table
Show all Definitions
Synonyms for Overflow
Antonyms for Overflow
Flow is a synonym for overflow in activity topic. You can use "Flow" instead the word "Overflow" as a verb or a noun, if it concerns topics such as big, inundate.
Nearby Words: overflowing, overflowed, overflown

Mutual synonyms

Related pairs

How words are described

emotional emotional flow emotional overflow
long long flow long overflow

Both words in one sentence

  • Series / Robin Hood Drowning Pit: An overflow chamber for the River Trent that Prince John has blocked up to cut off the water supply becomes this in Too Hot to Handle when Robin and Isabella enter it to restart the water flow and Gisborne has it blocked off.
    Source: Series / Robin Hood
Cite this Source
Overflow and Flow. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/flow/overflow
Flow & Overflow. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/flow/overflow>.
Overflow or Flow. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/flow/overflow.

Synonyms for flow


Synonyms for overflow

Google Ngram Viewer shows how "flow" and "overflow" have occurred on timeline