Definition for Reflux:

• See re-9; refoot, re-8; reforest &c, re-9

Synonyms for Reflux:

• n.

  •ebb (noun)
  • drop,
  • shrinkage,
  • flagging,
  • sweep,
  • going out,
  • decay,
  • weakening,
  • lessening,
  • retreat,
  • decrease,
  • degeneration,
  • dwindling,
  • abatement,
  • wane,
  • deterioration,
  • withdrawal,
  • sinking,
  • depreciation,
  • recession,
  • diminution,
  • subsidence.
  •state (noun)
  • reflux.

• Other synonyms:

  •dyspepsia
  • indigestion.

Paraphrases for Reflux:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    ebb.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    surge.

Antonyms for Reflux:

• n.

  • ebb
    development, flow, increase, growth, improvement, expansion, enlargement, advance, rise, incline.

Reflux Sentence Examples:

• To take her by the hand and help her to cross the weedy stones; to watch her pretty stare of wonderment when he explained that the flux and the reflux of the tides were governed by the moon; to hear her speak of love, and to dream what that love might be, was enough.

• There is a flux and reflux in us, as in the tides, and when, from deficient energy or lax muscular power, that ceases, we are all driven by artificial means to remedy the defect.

Homophones for Reflux:

• replica, rivulus, republic, rabelais, raffles, ropewalk, riblike, ribless, reflex, roofless, replace, rubiales, republish, rafflesiaceae, rebellious, repulse.

Hypernym for Reflux:

• n.

  • state
    gastroesophageal reflux, vesicoureteral reflux, Oesophageal Reflux, esophageal reflux, Hepatojugular Reflux, Ureterorenal Reflux.

Hyponym for Reflux:

• n.

  • state
    pathology.