SWEPT Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

swept

verb

Definition of swept

past tense of sweep

as in flowed

to move or proceed smoothly and readily the wind swept across the plain without respite

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

as in curved

to turn away from a straight line or course from this point the mountain range sweeps to the northeast and extends into the next state

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Antonyms & Near Antonyms

straightened

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of swept Morocco winger Gessime Yassine swept the ball home to round off a 4-2 victory over Haiti, making the 20-year-old the youngest goalscorer in Moroccan World Cup history. — Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 22 July 2026 Monday’s victory for the Braves was just their second in the last 11 games against the Padres and the first of this season after being swept in San Diego in June. — Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 21 July 2026 A number of Californians have died along the coast this summer, including a 5-year-old girl from San Bernardino who was swept into the ocean by powerful waves in Laguna Beach. — Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026 Search crews later found the family's bodies after floodwaters swept through the area. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026 Their home had been ripped from its foundation and swept into floodwaters with him still inside. — Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 20 July 2026 That came during the London marathon when its new super shoe swept the London Marathon, with Sabastian Sawe and Yomif Kejelcha making history in the men’s race in a sub-two-hour race, while Tigst Assefa won and broke the women’s world record. — Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 20 July 2026 The severe weather comes after powerful storms swept across a vast swath of the country, leaving at least eight people dead following flash flooding in Texas, Arizona and Utah. — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 20 July 2026 The fever for the 2026 FIFA World Cup tournament, the largest, most expansive in the competition’s 96-year history, has swept North America. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 14 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for swept

Verb

And the quadrangular system of roads — state, county and township — and all that flowed from them are a historic institutional achievement that drove broader economic and social development.

— Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 26 July 2026
In all the time since, the water flowed through that line under the many incarnations of the Sunset Strip, feeding smaller pipes that quenched a growing metropolis that expanded from about 500,000 people to 4 million.

— Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2026

Definition of flowed

Verb

Young orcas then gobbled up fish fragments that drifted through the water as their elders tore into what was left of the sunfish’s corpse.

— Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 23 July 2026
Gorillas gathered by the gate to their den, and African elephants drifted toward their barn.

— Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 23 July 2026

Definition of drifted

Verb

Rivas’ mother bowed her head and cried as the images were displayed.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2026
Months after arresting former Defense Minister Salvador Cienfuegos in 2020 on drug-trafficking charges during a visit to Los Angeles, the United States bowed to political pressure and returned him to Mexico.

— Kevin Sieff, The Atlantic, 24 July 2026

Definition of bowed

Verb

Courtesy Luxury Living Costa Rica Fortunes sailed away to Europe 300 years ago.

— Donna Hardie-Scott, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Sears had allowed only a single and faced the minimum 13 batters when Michael Harris II tied the game with a home run that sailed just beyond the tall wall in right field with one out in the fifth.

— Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 July 2026

Definition of sailed

Verb

Jones, in the first major race of his political career, faces a staunch challenge in Thompson, who has held the seat for 30 years and glided into the general election with almost 41% of the vote.

— Evelyn Ronan, Sacbee.com, 22 July 2026
Silent and purposeful, the pelicans cut through a raucous chaos of gulls at the end of the wharf and glided on into the marsh.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026