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 Seven schools swept their four tournament games, with only Class 3A West Laurens winning from the loser’s bracket. — Stan Awtrey, AJC.com, 1 Nov. 2026 All three of the London, Berlin and Chicago Marathons were swept by runners in the Pro Evo 3. — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 1 Nov. 2026 Last season, the Bruins went 37-1 and swept the Big Ten Conference championships. — Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2026 The Students' List movement swept the parliamentary election on Sunday against Vucic's right-wing Serbian Progressive Party, which has ruled unchallenged for 14 years. — Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2026 In December 2004 such a wave swept over Earth, causing some havoc. — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 30 Oct. 2026 Protests have swept through Europe in recent weeks as hundreds of thousands of people have demanded government action to ease the rising cost of living. — Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2026 Her har was swept into a low ponytail secured with a cream scrunchie, with her wispy bangs falling around her face. — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2026 The Judge-less Yankees ended up hitting two homers against the Rays while getting swept. — Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 29 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for swept

Verb

The discovery of certain minerals, for example, can show that water flowed on Mars long ago, pointing to potentially habitable conditions.

— Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 2 Nov. 2026
Historic amounts of money have flowed into this year's midterm elections.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 31 Oct. 2026

Definition of flowed

Verb

Where the Duo has curved edges and a distinct D-like appearance, the Z Fold 8 is strictly rectangular with sharp edges all around.

— Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 21 Oct. 2026
The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art’s central plaza, which spreads out beneath the building’s curved, hovering form, was always meant to be a generous civic space.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of curved

Verb

But as the boat drifted nearby under a vast, cloudless sky, a pod of pink river dolphins broke the glassy, reflective surface just yards away, their rosy dorsal fins glistening in the late-afternoon sun.

— Liam Hess, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2026
The big rig traveling in the far right northbound lane of the highway drifted, for unknown reasons, into the right shoulder and hit both vehicles.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of drifted

Verb

Pod Save America Was Cautiously Optimistic One of the sadder sidenotes of this blue wave was that The Late Show With Stephen Colbert had already bowed before Colbert could do a live show that was 87 percent cackling with glee.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2026
After the Korean War, Washington reluctantly bowed to European pressure to relax some restrictions.

— S. C. M. Paine, Foreign Affairs, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of bowed

Verb

The hardware is rounded out by a 13-MP forward camera, four microphones, and two downward-facing speakers.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 Nov. 2026
Anja Rubik Rubik rounded out the quartet with warm-toned blush and a darker brown lid, paired with eyeliner that rimmed her upper and lower waterlines.

— Arushi Jacob, Footwear News, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of rounded

Verb

The pinkish squid glided two miles beneath the surface, its long, pale legs trailing from undulating fins, stunning scientists who know remarkably little about its diet, behavior or reproduction.

— Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
Merino glided away from challenges to keep Arsenal in control.

— Thom Harris, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of glided

Verb

Shoes are slipped off in corridors before entering the suites, which have simple Japanese names such as Washi (paper), Ishi (stone) and Take (bamboo).

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Nov. 2026
Nvidia, which makes the chips for most of these AI data center projects, slipped just over 1%.

— Kif Leswing, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2026