Submerse: alternatives and connections

To plunge into water head foremost; to thrust the body under, or deeply into, water or other fluid.

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

To be suffocated in water or other fluid; to perish in water.

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Immersed; buried; hid; sunk.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

To thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse; to cause to penetrate or enter quickly and forcibly; to thrust; as, to pl…

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

A seat of any kind.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

To fall by, or as by, the force of gravity; to descend lower and lower; to decline gradually; to subside; as, a stone sinks in water; waves rise and…

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

of Douse

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

of Douse

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

The act of immersing, or the state of being immersed; a sinking within a fluid; a dipping; as, the immersion of Achilles in the Styx.

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

The act of immersing, or the state of being immersed; a sinking within a fluid; a dipping; as, the immersion of Achilles in the Styx.

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

To put under water; to plunge.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.