SWIMMING Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

swimming

verb

Definition of swimming

present participle of swim

as in spinning

to be in a confused state as if from being twirled around his head was swimming after he was given so much information on his first day at the new job

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as in sailing

to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air there appeared to be an oily film swimming on the water

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Recent Examples of swimming Kat and Aesha take the guests swimming in some nearby caves while the rest of the crew holds down the fort. — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 4 Aug. 2026 Sanchez said that the ruling had been intentionally misconstrued by migrant smugglers to convince thousands of people to cross by swimming around the border fence. — ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026 In June 2022, another member of Fox’s swimming club, the Kelp Krawlers, Steve Bruemmer, was bitten and seriously injured while swimming in the same area. — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2026 Stephen Meyer lost the ring in 2016 while swimming with his son in Minnesota’s Lake Belle Taine, where his family has a cabin, per the Pioneer Press. — Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 3 Aug. 2026 Primus could easily have been a blip, one of many abortive major label risks in a decade when the industry was swimming in cash. — Sasha Geffen, Pitchfork, 2 Aug. 2026 The individuals sampled for the study had been actively swimming, hunting and taking bait before capture! — Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026 With shark sightings making headlines along the California coast, many beachgoers are wondering what might be swimming beneath them. — Denis Akbari, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2026 Here’s why adults are swimming for better health Add this to the healthy, fun retirementcore activity list. — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 28 July 2026

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What 'Managing' Executive Reputation Actually Means Managing your reputation as an executive doesn't mean spinning a narrative.

— Darius Fisher, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
For the four-year period between 2023 and 2026, culminating in a money-spinning World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico, FIFA projected $13billion in revenues (subsequently updating its projections to $15bn).

— Adam Crafton, New York Times, 31 July 2026

Definition of spinning

Verb

On Tuesday, July 28, the Viking Ullur ship was sailing down the Danube River, Europe’s second-longest river that flows from southwestern Germany to the Black Sea.

— Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026
That connection comes into focus on the Lake-to-Estate Voyage, sailing from the Kelowna Yacht Club to three of the city’s best vineyards and tracing the journey from water to wine.

— Lisa Kadane, Travel + Leisure, 29 July 2026

Definition of sailing

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But the new flare-up saw oil prices surge again, with the international benchmark Brent crude oil hovering around $90 a barrel early Thursday.

— Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 30 July 2026
Three delivery options During the demonstration, Chaparral first released a 68-pound payload while hovering over the target area.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 29 July 2026

Definition of hovering

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The French doors of the suite open to a deck and a custom floating king bed.

— Joe Marusak July 31, Charlotte Observer, 31 July 2026
Terminal 26, a new restaurant in Ponce City Market’s central food hall, is inspired by Thailand’s famous floating markets, where goods are sold from boats and riverbank stalls.

— Henri Hollis, AJC.com, 30 July 2026

Definition of floating

Verb

There’s little sense of forward motion in these tracks, but even when simply drifting in place, the blend of atmosphere and physicality—sunset glow meets seismic throb—is payoff enough.

— Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 4 Aug. 2026
The capital is drifting down-market, into hands-on companies.

— Louis Mosca, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of drifting

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