outflow

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of OUTFLOW

a flowing or going out <over the last year the state experienced an unprecedented brain drain as the outflow of highly educated professionals exceeded the inflow>

Synonyms exodus, gush, outpour, outpouring

Related Words drain, flow; ebb, reflow, reflux; rush, stampede; diaspora, emigration, flight; discharge, effluence, emanation, emission

Near Antonyms deluge, flood, inundation, overflow, spate, torrent; river, stream, tide

Antonyms flux, inflow, influx, inrush

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