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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The last of what Lamont calls “the four horsemen” of a bubble is a tidal wave of stock issuance.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Grimstead and his team plan to use Jones' last known position at sea, along with weather and tidal data, to try to track where his body might have ended up.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

After huge equity issuance in the years preceding, there was a tidal wave of IPO lock-up periods expiring that created a never-ending cascade of selling, Jones recalls.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026

In natural environments, cycles such as rainfall or tidal changes repeatedly wash away these flawed areas.

From Science Daily • Apr. 20, 2026

Or something worse—whatever tidal wave of spirits she’d felt coming.

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older

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