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tidal

[tahyd-l] / ˈtaɪd l /
ADJECTIVE
flowing
Synonyms
STRONGEST
falling rolling running sinuous streaming
STRONG
brimming cursive flooded fluid full issuing liquefied liquid overrun rich rippling rushing smooth spouting sweeping teeming
WEAK
continuous easy fluent fluidic pouring out prolific unbroken uninterrupted
Antonyms
STRONG
empty needy solid
WEAK
trickling

Example Sentences

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Others see the sea change as less a legal tsunami than a tidal cultural shift — one jurors in New Mexico and California are riding, not speaking into existence.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2026

"Him leaving me on the beach sparked a panic attack. It just came over me like a tidal wave. It felt like an out-of-body experience," she says.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

Then a tidal wave of money poured in.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

These moons are warmed by tidal forces generated by the massive planets they orbit.

From Science Daily • Mar. 2, 2026

Surely a tidal wave wouldn’t surge that far upriver, causing a flood, and wiping out everything in its path.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.