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swarm

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of swarm

a great number of persons or creatures massed together

  • a swarm of tourists descends upon the island every summer
Synonyms of swarm

army, bike [chiefly Scottish], cram, crowd, crush, drove, flock, herd, horde, host, legion, mass, mob, multitude, press, rout, scrum, throng
Words Related to swarm

masses, millions, rabble, rabblement, riffraff

gaggle

heap, mountain, pile

jam, logjam

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swarm

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of swarm

1 to move upon or fill (something) in great numbers

  • meeting little resistance, the pirates swarmed the decks of the merchant ship
Synonyms of swarm

crowd, flock, mob, throng
Words Related to swarm

beset, infest, invade, overrun

clog, dam, jam, obstruct, plug (up)

2 to be copiously supplied

  • at this time of year that Mexican resort swarms with college students on spring break
Synonyms of swarm

abound, brim, bristle, bulge, burst, bustle, buzz, crawl, hum, overflow, pullulate, teem
Near Antonyms of swarm

lack, need, want

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swarm

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of swarm

to move (as up or over something) often with the help of the hands in holding or pulling

  • one of the physical challenges had competitors swarming over a pile of logs
Synonyms of swarm

clamber, climb, scrabble, scramble
Words Related to swarm

shimmy, shin, shinny, skin

ascend, breast [chiefly British], free-climb, get up, mount, scale, summit, surmount

claw, sprawl, struggle

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