surge
A sudden powerful rush forward.
surge in a sentence
- A surge of fans swept towards the gates when the doors finally opened.
- A sudden surge of water rushed up the beach and swallowed our sandcastle whole.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to surge?
- Alull
- Bpause
- Crush
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C: rush. The other three mean the opposite of surge.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to surge?
- Aflood
- Bwave
- Clull
- Drush
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C: lull. The other three mean nearly the same as surge.
Words that mean something similar
rush, wave, flood
Words that mean the opposite
lull, pause
More words about movement & action
- swift: Moving very quickly.
- tether: To tie an animal or object to something so it cannot move away.
- thrust: To push something suddenly and hard.
- thwart: To stop someone's plan from succeeding.
- toil: To work very hard for a long time.
- totter: To walk or stand unsteadily, as if about to fall.
- traipse: To walk somewhere slowly and unwillingly because you are tired.
- traverse: To travel across something from one side to the other.
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