Synonyms of swarming

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adjective

as in crowded

possessing or covered with great numbers or amounts of something specified

the museum was swarming with schoolchildren on a field trip

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crowded
• filled
• bursting
• packed
• teeming
• jammed
• abundant
• rife
• crammed
• stuffed
• awash
• thronging
• replete
• buzzing
• fraught
• saturated
• flush
• thick
• abounding
• lousy
• busy
• brimming
• loaded
• bulging
• congested
• overcrowded
• chock-full
• clogged
• humming
• overflowing
• overloaded
• bustling
• full
• overstuffed
• overladen
• lively
• overfilled
• jam-packed
• overfull
• animated
• fat
• surfeited
• alive
• astir

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• empty
• devoid
• bare
• vacant
• blank
• barren
• void
• stark
• depleted
• insufficient
• short
• drained
• deficient
• incomplete
• exhausted

swarming

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verb (1)

present participle of swarm

1

as in flocking

to move upon or fill (something) in great numbers

meeting little resistance, the pirates swarmed the decks of the merchant ship

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flocking
• crowding
• invading
• thronging
• mobbing
• infesting
• jamming
• overrunning
• clogging
• besetting
• obstructing
• plugging (up)
• damming

2

as in bursting

to be copiously supplied

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bursting
• buzzing
• teeming
• humming
• bulging
• crawling
• brimming
• bustling
• abounding
• overflowing
• bristling
• pullulating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lacking
• wanting
• needing

swarming

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verb (2)

present participle of swarm

as in climbing

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 & Similar Words

• climbing
• scrambling
• clambering
• scrabbling
• scaling
• ascending
• shimmying
• shinning
• surmounting
• breasting
• shinnying
• sprawling
• struggling
• clawing
• mounting
• skinning
• free-climbing
• summiting
• getting up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of swarming

Verb

Mainland ran four plays in the final 35 seconds but Seminole ended the game by swarming quarterback PJ Miller for a sack. — Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2026

The Miami Herald was told by people at the medical center that there were dozens of law-enforcement officers swarming the area from several agencies, including Miami Beach police. — Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2026

The area was already swarming with police, fire officials and the news media because of the bus crash when there was a fireball and people heard a loud explosion a few blocks away. — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026

And from there, Eddie George’s squad appeared to have little direction offensively against a swarming unit. — Mitch Sherman, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2026

The order, which originated with a USFS Bat Conservation Strategy recommendation, is meant to reduce human disturbance during fall swarming, hibernation and spring emergence, according to federal documents. — Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 9 Sep. 2026

Tens of thousands of Afghans swarming Abbey Gate, their only way out after Kabul fell and the Taliban returned to power. — ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026

After that, chaos erupted, with dozens of masked people swarming the business. — Lesley Marin, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026

But the company has already demonstrated such drone swarming capability during a live-fire combat exercise at a US military range at Camp Blanding in Florida. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 3 Aug. 2026