water level

1. 1.

   the level of the surface of a body of water

   Broaderelevation

   Narrowersea level
2. 2.

   underground surface below which the ground is wholly saturated with water

   “spring rains had raised the water table”

   Synonymswater tablegroundwater level

   Broadergeological formation
3. 3.

   a line corresponding to the surface of the water when the vessel is afloat on an even keel; often painted on the hull of a ship

   Synonymswaterlinewater line

   Broaderline

   Narrowerload line
4. 4.

   a water gauge that shows the level by showing the surface of the water in a trough or U-shaped tube

   Broaderwater gauge

Questions about water level

What does water level mean?

water level means "the level of the surface of a body of water". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for water level?

Close synonyms include water table, groundwater level, waterline, water line. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is water level a common word?

water level is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.