volley

• avalanche
• barrage
• blitz
• blitzkrieg
• bombardment
• broadside
• burst
• cannonade
• cataclysm
• cataract
• current
• deluge
• discharge
• drumbeat
• drumfire
• earful
• engulfment
• excess
• flood
• flood tide
• flurry
• flush
• fusillade
• glut
• gush
• hail
• inundation
• outburst
• outflow
• outpouring
• overabundance
• overage
• overflow
• overkill
• overmuch
• oversupply
• rash
• river
• salvo
• shower
• spate
• storm
• stream
• superabundance
• superfluity
• surfeit
• surge
• surplus
• tide
• torrent

• dribble
• drip
• trickle

• noun
  1. The simultaneous firing of a number of missiles or bullets; the projectiles so fired.
  2. A burst or emission of many things at once.
  3. The flight of a ball just before it bounces.
  4. A shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground.
  5. A sending of the ball full to the top of the wicket.
• verb
  1. To fire a volley of shots.
  2. To hit the ball before it touches the ground.
  3. To be fired in a volley.
  4. To make a volley.
  5. To sound together.

• The tennis player returned the ball with a powerful volley.
• The soldiers fired a volley of arrows at the advancing enemy.
• During the debate, there was a volley of questions from the audience.
• He answered a volley of emails as soon as he arrived at the office.
• The coach instructed the team to practice a quick volley in the drill.

earful

ebullition

game

hail

hailstorm

Browse the Thesaurus

• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• X
• Y
• Z