Synonyms of swarms

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noun

plural of swarm

as in throngs

a great number of persons or creatures massed together

a swarm of tourists descends upon the island every summer

Synonyms & Similar Words

• throngs
• hordes
• flocks
• crowds
• masses
• multitudes
• legions
• masses
• armies
• mobs
• droves
• herds
• millions
• bikes
• hosts
• crushes
• routs
• crams
• presses
• rabbles
• gaggles
• piles
• riffraffs
• rabblements
• scrums
• heaps
• mountains
• jams
• logjams

swarms

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verb (1)

present tense third-person singular of swarm

1

as in flocks

to move upon or fill (something) in great numbers

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flocks
• crowds
• invades
• throngs
• mobs
• jams
• infests
• overruns
• besets
• clogs
• plugs (up)
• obstructs
• dams

2

as in bursts

to be copiously supplied

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bursts
• buzzes
• teems
• bulges
• abounds
• hums
• crawls
• overflows
• bristles
• brims
• bustles
• pullulates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• needs
• wants
• lacks

• needs
• wants
• lacks

swarms

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verb (2)

present tense third-person singular of swarm

as in climbs

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

• climbs
• scrambles
• clambers
• scrabbles
• shinnies
• scales
• ascends
• breasts
• surmounts
• shins
• shimmies
• summits
• struggles
• sprawls
• claws
• skins
• mounts
• free-climbs
• gets up