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Synonyms & Antonyms of swarming
(Entry 1 of 3)
possessing or covered with great numbers or amounts of something specified
- the museum was swarming with schoolchildren on a field trip
Synonyms for swarming
Words Related to swarming
- brimming,
- bulging,
- bursting,
- chock-full
- (or chockful),
- crammed,
- crowded,
- fat,
- filled,
- full,
- jammed,
- jam-packed,
- loaded,
- packed,
- saturated,
- stuffed
Near Antonyms for swarming
swarming
verb (1)present participle of swarm
Synonyms & Antonyms of swarming (Entry 2 of 3)
1
to move upon or fill (something) in great numbers
- meeting little resistance, the pirates swarmed the decks of the merchant ship
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2
to be copiously supplied
- at this time of year that Mexican resort swarms with college students on spring break
Synonyms for swarming
Near Antonyms for swarming
swarming
verb (2)present participle of swarm
Synonyms of swarming (Entry 3 of 3)
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 for swarming
Words Related to swarming
- ascending,
- breasting
- [chiefly British],
- free-climbing,
- getting up,
- mounting,
- scaling,
- summiting,
- surmounting
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