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

At least four dead after days of heavy rain, floods and landslides that have swamped more than 16,000 homes and key roads across northern and central Vietnam. — Aniruddha Ghosal, Los Angeles Times, 18 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

Baxter swamped Elizabeth Accomando, 59% to 41%, in the Republican primary for this westernmost seat on the seven-member commission, despite a string of missteps that would disqualify most other candidates. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2026

Families scrambled to emergency shelters as their homes were swamped with flood waters. — Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 16 Aug. 2026

According to court documents, Manuel Hernandez, the tour boat captain, made a U-turn and a swell swamped the bow, capsizing the boat with 14 people on board. — Adi Guajardo, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026

The Word document was like a trail swamped with mud after torrential rain. — Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2026

The boat rolled up out of the sea, but was practically submerged, swamped and sluggish, and the skipper floated free of her. — James D. Oxley, Outdoor Life, 5 Aug. 2026