Synonyms of swamped

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adjective

1

as in knee-deep

Related Words

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

Dissimilar Words

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

2

as in flooded

Related Words

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

Dissimilar Words

• dry
• arid
• unwatered
• waterless
• bone-dry
• baked
• dehydrated
• watertight
• waterproof
• hyperarid
• water-resistant
• thirsty
• parched
• ultradry
• droughty
• water-repellent
• sunbaked
• wrung
• sere
• 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
• inundated
• submerged
• deluged
• overflowed
• flushed
• submersed
• gulfed
• overcame
• smothered
• flowed
• avalanched
• wet
• overran
• poured
• gushed
• drenched
• spurted
• soaked
• sluiced
• streamed
• spouted
• 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
• snowed under
• upset
• sank
• shattered
• threw
• distressed
• staggered
• refuted
• demoralized
• broke
• unnerved
• confuted
• unmanned

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of swamped

Verb

The addition of several inches of rain took this flood from something that might have swamped a parking lot to a genuine disaster for the residents of Lincoln Bay. — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026

The governor, who is up for reelection in November, said speculative proposals to build data centers had swamped Pennsylvania. — Salena Zito, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2026

Ackerman tended to focus on collegial, NCAA and legal issues, prominent during most of her time, as college athletics was swamped with seismic change in recent years. — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 1 Oct. 2026

Ossoff has swamped the successful trucking company executive in fundraising. — ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026

Entire neighborhoods were inundated and the drainage network swamped after over 12 inches of rain fell during two or three days last week, or nearly as much as the sprawling low-lying city usually gets in all of September. — Reuters, NBC news, 28 Sep. 2026

Tidal surges swamped low-lying neighborhoods in New Jersey while wind gusts toppled trees on New York’s Long Island, damaging homes and bringing down utility poles. — Leah Willingham, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026

Detectors are becoming so large and so sensitive that they will soon be swamped with other ghostly particles called neutrinos that are generated in the sun and in Earth’s atmosphere. — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2026

Prosecutors said Hernandez piloted the boat into a swell and had accelerated the throttle to try to pass through it until the swell swamped the bow of the boat, capsizing it immediately, a complaint alleged. — Martin Goillandeau, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026