Synonyms of swamped

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adjective

1

as in knee-deep

Synonyms & Similar Words

• knee-deep
• occupied
• busy
• engaged
• hardworking
• employed
• preoccupied
• bustling
• diligent
• assiduous
• absorbed
• focussed
• industrious
• immersed
• concentrating
• working
• active
• engrossed
• sedulous
• laborious
• focused
• tied-up
• hopping
• intent
• tireless
• indefatigable
• energetic
• vigorous
• untiring

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unemployed
• lazy
• idle
• inactive
• unoccupied
• sleepy
• lifeless
• slow
• dormant
• quiescent
• latent
• asleep
• unbusy
• passive
• dead
• inert
• dull
• inoperative
• nonoperating

2

as in flooded

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flooded
• submerged
• inundated
• drowned
• overflowed
• saturated
• deluged
• washed
• drenched
• bathed
• soaked
• waterlogged
• dripping
• hydrated
• soggy
• sodden
• watered
• soaking
• logged
• awash
• splashed
• sopping
• dipped
• bedraggled
• saturate
• water-soaked
• soused
• aqueous
• soppy
• doused
• wet
• dowsed
• steeped
• watery
• irrigated
• dunked
• flushed
• sluiced
• moist
• rinsed
• clammy
• humid
• damp
• boggy
• dank
• dampish
• seepy
• squashy
• sloppy
• laved
• wettish
• miry
• semimoist

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dry
• arid
• unwatered
• waterless
• bone-dry
• baked
• dehydrated
• watertight
• waterproof
• hyperarid
• water-resistant
• thirsty
• parched
• ultradry
• droughty
• water-repellent
• sunbaked
• wrung
• sere
• sear
• freeze-dried

swamped

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verb

past tense of swamp

1

as in engulfed

to cover with a flood

the boat was swamped by the huge wave

has been swamped with paperwork since she returned from vacation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flooded
• engulfed
• overwhelmed
• drowned
• submerged
• inundated
• deluged
• overflowed
• flushed
• submersed
• gulfed
• overcame
• smothered
• flowed
• wetted
• avalanched
• wet
• overran
• poured
• gushed
• drenched
• soaked
• spurted
• sluiced
• streamed
• spouted
• dowsed
• doused

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• drained
• dried
• parched
• dehydrated

2

as in overwhelmed

to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress

parents feeling swamped by work and family obligations

Synonyms & Similar Words

• overwhelmed
• devastated
• overcame
• crushed
• oppressed
• overpowered
• disturbed
• drowned
• ground (down)
• floored
• prostrated
• rocked
• whelmed
• deluged
• defeated
• overmastered
• sunk
• upset
• snowed under
• sank
• shattered
• threw
• distressed
• staggered
• refuted
• demoralized
• broke
• unnerved
• confuted
• unmanned