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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
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- brimming,
- bulging,
- bursting,
- chock-full
- (or chockful),
- crammed,
- crowded,
- fat,
- filled,
- full,
- jammed,
- jam-packed,
- loaded,
- packed,
- saturated,
- stuffed
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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
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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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“Swarming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swarming. Accessed 23 Oct. 2021.
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