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 The Lakers made the playoffs in 2013 but were swept by the San Antonio Spurs in the first round, just weeks after Kobe Bryant suffered a season-ending Achilles tendon tear. — Law Murray, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026 In the small community of Waiohinu on the southern point of Hawaii's Big Island, a mudslide swept through and destroyed about a dozen homes. — Jonathan Vigliotti, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026 The floodwaters swept him away, and his body was found three days later, said his niece Priyakshi Gogoi, who lives nearby. — ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026 On a quest to grab one more ring, LeBron James will make his Philly debut on the same night the Knicks, the team that summarily swept the Sixers in the Eastern Conference semifinals, get their rings. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026 For some time, the world will be without any order at all—swept by fragmentation, contagion, and strangulation or the temptation to weaponize a wide variety of geographic, economic, and technological chokepoints. — Mark Leonard, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026 Set in a small town where horrifying things get swept under the rug, this novel is perfect for readers looking for catharsis from the patriarchy. — S.m. Hallow, PEOPLE, 18 Aug. 2026 Still, the question of what Ebel was doing with his adepts swept through Prussia, dominating the newspapers that had only recently begun to emerge from their eighteenth-century chronicling of obligations to a more modern publicizing role. — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026 The Wolverines finished third in the Mission League last year after being swept twice by Sierra Canyon and Marymount and are projected to be third again. — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for swept

Verb

Both Kpler and Windward showed around five ships – total – exited the Strait of Hormuz on the day Wright said 20 million barrels flowed out of the Arab gulf region.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026
In Nebraska, millions of federal grant dollars have flowed to a statewide health information exchange nonprofit that has cooperated with the effort.

— Jennifer D. Oliva, The Conversation, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of flowed

Verb

Washington instead drifted to his right as Mendoza threw, allowing Woodaz to undercut and intercept.

— Sam Warren, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
But now, Wright says Wendy’s has drifted from some of those qualities, telling investors that decisions made in the interest of cost and efficiency had degraded some of the food quality that set the chain apart.

— Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of drifted

Verb

The interactions between the two groups were lovely, as KiiiKiii bowed to their seniors and expressed their admiration to the XG members.

— Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Their complaint states that the combined company will control 30 percent of movies that have earned $100 million-plus at the box office and have been bowed in 3,000 theaters for wide release.

— Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of bowed

Verb

For motorists with electric vehicles, the average kilowatt hour cost at charging stations in Florida on Sunday rounded down to 41 cents, a rate mostly unchanged since early March.

— News Service Of Florida, Sun Sentinel, 17 Aug. 2026
United Airlines rounded out the top four, with Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines in fifth place (Alaska acquired Hawaiian in 2024).

— Nathan Diller, USA Today, 17 Aug. 2026