Swarm

/swɔɹm/

Synonyms for "swarm" (193 found)

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Closest matches (39)

Noun(10 words)

cloud horde abound armies assault besiege collective colony converge crowd

a mass ofa world ofaboundabound witharmy assemble beset bevy bristlebristle withbunchbunch upburst withcharm clot cloud cluster clutter collectcome together

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congregate converge copulate couple covey crawlcrawl withcreep withcrowd

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Noun(8 words)

crowds drove flock flocking formicate gathering group inundate

date drove emigrate emigration expatriate expatriation fill flight flit flockflock togetherflocks flood flowflow togetherforgather fuse gagglegang aroundgang up

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gathergather aroundhail herdherd togetherhive horde host huddle immigrate immigration in-migrate in-migration increase infest infestation intermigrate intermigration invade invasion jamknow no boundslarge amountleague legion link lot

Verb(3 words)

flocked infested infests

Related words (96)

lots lousiness luxuriate many massmasses ofmeet merge migrate migration mill mob muchness multitude murmuration muster nest number numbers offspring

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out-migrate out-migration overabound overbrim overflow overgrow overrun overrunning overspill overspread overspreading overswarm overswarming pack passage plague plurality press pullulate quantities quantityquite a fewrabble rallyrally aroundravage remigrate remigration rendezvous rout ruck runrun riotscores seethe shoal skein snarlspill overspring stack stream superabound surgeswarm withswarmingtake wingteemteem withteeming throngthrong withtidy sumtransmigrate transmigration trek unite watchworlds of

Noun(9 words)

mass multitude overruns plagues storm teem throng thronging throngs

Verb(8 words)

mobbed pour pullulate stream teem teemed teems thronged

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More general

18 entries

assault assemble assembly attack buzz collective crowdcrowd togetherfill gathering group grouping hum move occupy

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More specific

19 entries

aboundaerial swarmant swarmbee swarmbesiege convergedrone swarmgather journalistslocust swarmmassparticle swarmphotographers populatepress corpsrobot swarm

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Collocations

11 entries

bee swarmdrone swarmlocust swarmparticle swarm optimizationswarm attackswarm behaviorswarm intelligenceswarm of beesswarm of reportersswarm roboticsswarming behavior

Inflections

3 entries

swarmed swarming swarms

Derivations

4 entries

swarmed swarming swarmlike swarms

Sample sentences

22 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

A swarm of mosquitoes followed him.

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A swarm of bees attacked us without mercy.

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Commentators have variously described the sound of vuvuzelas as "annoying" and "satanic" and compared it with "a stampede of noisy elephants", "a deafening swarm of locusts", "a goat on the way to slaughter", "a giant hive full of very angry bees", and "a duck on speed".

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A swarm of hornets attacked the children.

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