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 Her three kids could be seen posing on the beach, getting ready to go swimming. — Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026 Then much farther north, a beach was closed to swimming in Maine after a report of two sharks near Reid State Park. — Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 6 July 2026 Touching infested water, even just a splash, can risk infection, as microscopic larvae swimming along the surface are able to wriggle through skin. — William McCarthy, NPR, 4 July 2026 Grenelle, located further west, offers swimming with direct views of the Eiffel Tower while facing a quarter-scale replica of the Statue of Liberty. — Camille Knight, CNN Money, 4 July 2026 Before 2024, swimming in the Seine had been banned for about a century because of poor water quality. — ABC News, 4 July 2026 The sightings occurred off Far Rockaway, where multiple sharks were spotted swimming near beachgoers. — Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026 According to officials, an adult woman was swimming in the river when she was bitten by an alligator, resulting in serious injuries. — Steven Yablonski, CBS News, 29 June 2026 Authorities have warned people to take extra care when swimming in unsupervised areas, such as rivers or lakes, following the deaths of around 40 people in France over the past week. — Kirsten Grieshaber, Fortune, 27 June 2026

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This mixture is pushed through an extruder to form tiny, sprinkle-like cylinders, which are then tumbled in a rapidly spinning chamber to round them into near-spherical particles.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 July 2026
The actual bill showed what happened when every department and developer started spinning up compute and storage without anyone tracking aggregate spend.

— Andi Mann, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Definition of spinning

Verb

Royal Caribbean also paid homage to the original Legend of the Seas, which began sailing for the line in the 1990s until 2017, with a model of that ship on display in Schooner Bar.

— Nathan Diller, USA Today, 6 July 2026
Two other small tankers exited the Persian Gulf by sailing closer to Iran.

— Weilun Soon, Fortune, 5 July 2026

Definition of sailing

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Joe Raedle | Getty Images Mortgage rates have been hovering in a tight range for more than a month, and that range is on the relatively high side.

— Diana Olick, CNBC, 8 July 2026
The Guajes de Ayala community had warned law enforcement that the cartel was closing in on their town and also shared videos of cartel drones hovering overhead and the location of cartel fighters inching closer to their homes on social media.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026

Definition of hovering

Verb

Officials have said the pool most likely would need to be drained again for liner repairs after chunks of blue coating were seen floating at the surface.

— Michael Kunzelman, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Officials said the debris was scattered across a wide area, with strong winds, rough seas and shifting ocean currents carrying floating wreckage away from the crash site, complicating efforts to locate the missing crew.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 July 2026

Definition of floating

Verb

Who are these slimy gastropods that have been gliding across Earth since before the Ice Age?

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 July 2026
From royal events to sporting matches to gliding down ski slopes as kids on vacation, rarely did the public see one without the other.

— Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 6 July 2026

Definition of gliding

Verb

The chair owns much of the relationship architecture that allows both sides to work without drifting into passivity or intrusion.

— David Ribott, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Early in the first quarter, Stirtz highlighted his off-ball repertoire and spatial awareness in drifting to the left wing for an open 3-pointer — his first of two makes Saturday.

— Latif Love, Kansas City Star, 5 July 2026

Definition of drifting

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