A swarm of mosquitoes followed him.
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Swarm
//swɔɹm//
Synonyms for "swarm" (165 found)
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Closest matches (33)
Strong matches (50)
Related words (82)
lousinessluxuriatemanymassmasses ofmeetmergemigratemigrationmillmobmuchnessmultitudemurmurationmusternestnumbernumbersoffspringout-migrate
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3 entriesderived
6 entrieshas context
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2 entriesrelated to
36 entriesShowing 16 of 36 words.
Translations
182 translations across 64 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- swerm noun (large number of insects)
Albanian
2 entries- luzmë noun (large number of insects)
- shemë noun (large number of insects)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- σμῆνος noun (large number of insects)
- ἑσμός noun (large number of insects)
Arabic
1 entries- ثَوْل noun (large number of insects)
Armenian
4 entries- պարս noun (large number of insects)
- վխտալ verb (to move as a swarm)
- վխտալ verb (to teem, or be overrun with insects)
- վխտալ verb (to fill a place as a swarm)
Belarusian
1 entries- рой noun (large number of insects)
Bulgarian
4 entries- рой noun (large number of insects)
- роя́к noun (large number of insects)
- ста́до noun (a mass of people or animals in turmoil)
- гъмжа verb (to teem, or be overrun with insects)
Catalan
2 entries- eixam noun (large number of insects)
- eixamenar-se verb (to move as a swarm)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 群 noun (large number of insects)
- 翃 verb (to teem, or be overrun with insects)
- 蜂擁 /蜂拥 verb (to teem, or be overrun with insects)
Czech
4 entries- dav noun (a mass of people or animals in turmoil)
- hejno noun (a mass of people or animals in turmoil)
- houf noun (a mass of people or animals in turmoil)
- roj noun (large number of insects)
Danish
2 entries- sværm noun (large number of insects)
- sværm noun (a mass of people or animals in turmoil)
Dutch
4 entries- massa noun (a mass of people or animals in turmoil)
- menigte noun (a mass of people or animals in turmoil)
- zwerm noun (large number of insects)
- zwermen verb (to teem, or be overrun with insects)
Eastern Mari
3 entries- авалаш verb (to move as a swarm)
- авалаш verb (to teem, or be overrun with insects)
- авалаш verb (to fill a place as a swarm)
Finnish
4 entries- lauma noun (a mass of people or animals in turmoil)
- parvi noun (large number of insects)
- kiivetä nelinkontin verb (to climb by gripping with arms and legs)
- parveilla verb (to overwhelm)
Franco-Provençal
1 entries- èssem noun (large number of insects)
French
4 entries- essaim noun (large number of insects)
- essaim noun (a mass of people or animals in turmoil)
- grouillement noun (large number of insects)
- nuée noun (a mass of people or animals in turmoil)
Friulian
1 entries- scuam noun (large number of insects)
Galician
3 entries- barafunda noun (a mass of people or animals in turmoil)
- enxame noun (large number of insects)
- liorna noun (a mass of people or animals in turmoil)
Georgian
1 entries- ნაყარი noun (large number of insects)
German
2 entries- Schwarm noun (large number of insects)
- Schwarm noun (a mass of people or animals in turmoil)
Greek
4 entries- εσμός noun (a mass of people or animals in turmoil)
- σμήνος noun (large number of insects)
- στίφος noun (a mass of people or animals in turmoil)
- όχλος noun (a mass of people or animals in turmoil)
Hebrew
1 entries- נְחִיל noun (large number of insects)
Hungarian
4 entries- horda noun (a mass of people or animals in turmoil)
- raj noun (large number of insects)
- sokaság noun (a mass of people or animals in turmoil)
- elözönöl verb (to fill a place as a swarm)
Hunsrik
1 entries- Schwaarem noun (large number of insects)
Ido
1 entries- esamo noun (large number of insects)
Irish
2 entries- saithe noun (large number of insects)
- scaoth noun (large number of insects)
Italian
4 entries- nugolo noun (large number of insects)
- sciame noun (large number of insects)
- pullulare verb (to move as a swarm)
- pullulare verb (to teem, or be overrun with insects)
Japanese
3 entries- 群れ noun (large number of insects)
- 群衆 noun (a mass of people or animals in turmoil)
- 雲霞 noun (large number of insects)
Korean
2 entries- 떼 noun (large number of insects)
- 무리 noun (large number of insects)
Latin
2 entries- exāmen noun (large number of insects)
- exāminō verb (to move as a swarm)
Lithuanian
1 entries- spiečius noun (a mass of people or animals in turmoil)
Low German
1 entries- swarmen verb (to teem, or be overrun with insects)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- roj noun (large number of insects)
Macedonian
1 entries- рој noun (large number of insects)
Mpade
1 entries- mam noun (large number of insects)
Māori
4 entries- pōī noun (large number of insects)
- ngahua verb (to teem, or be overrun with insects)
- ngahua verb (to fill a place as a swarm)
- ngahue verb (to teem, or be overrun with insects)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- bisverm noun (large number of insects)
- sverm noun (large number of insects)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- bisverm noun (large number of insects)
- sverm noun (large number of insects)
Occitan
2 entries- eissam noun (large number of insects)
- essaimar verb (to move as a swarm)
Old Czech
1 entries- roj noun (large number of insects)
Old East Slavic
1 entries- рои noun (large number of insects)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- اوغل noun (large number of insects)
- قالابالق noun (a mass of people or animals in turmoil)
- كومه noun (a mass of people or animals in turmoil)
Persian
1 entries- اِزدِحام noun (large number of insects)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Schwoarm noun (large number of insects)
Polish
3 entries- chmara noun (large number of insects)
- mrowie noun (a mass of people or animals in turmoil)
- rój noun (large number of insects)
Portuguese
4 entries- barafunda noun (a mass of people or animals in turmoil)
- correição noun (large number of insects)
- enxame noun (large number of insects)
- enxame noun (a mass of people or animals in turmoil)
Romanian
1 entries- roi noun (large number of insects)
Russian
4 entries- рой noun (large number of insects)
- ста́я noun (a mass of people or animals in turmoil)
- толпа́ noun (a mass of people or animals in turmoil)
- кара́бкаться verb (to climb by gripping with arms and legs)
Sardinian
1 entries- schissura noun (large number of insects)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- sgaoth noun (large number of insects)
- sgaoth noun (a mass of people or animals in turmoil)
- sluagh noun (a mass of people or animals in turmoil)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- roj noun (large number of insects)
- рој noun (large number of insects)
Sicilian
2 entries- assamu noun (large number of insects)
- sciamu noun (large number of insects)
Slovak
1 entries- roj noun (large number of insects)
Slovene
3 entries- roj noun (large number of insects)
- rojiti verb (to move as a swarm)
- rojiti verb (to teem, or be overrun with insects)
Spanish
4 entries- aglomeración noun (a mass of people or animals in turmoil)
- barahúnda noun (a mass of people or animals in turmoil)
- enjambre noun (large number of insects)
- masa noun (a mass of people or animals in turmoil)
Swahili
2 entries- jana noun (large number of insects)
- jana noun (a mass of people or animals in turmoil)
Swedish
3 entries- myller noun (a mass of people or animals in turmoil)
- svärm noun (large number of insects)
- vimmel noun (a mass of people or animals in turmoil)
Tamil
1 entries- திரள் noun (a mass of people or animals in turmoil)
Turkish
1 entries- sürü noun (large number of insects)
Ukrainian
4 entries- на́товп noun (a mass of people or animals in turmoil)
- рій noun (large number of insects)
- юрба́ noun (a mass of people or animals in turmoil)
- киші́ти verb (to teem, or be overrun with insects)
Venetan
2 entries- same noun (large number of insects)
- samo noun (large number of insects)
Volapük
1 entries- kümam noun (large number of insects)
Walloon
1 entries- samer verb (to move as a swarm)
Welsh
1 entries- haid noun (large number of insects)
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
A swarm of bees attacked us without mercy.
Source: tatoeba (321077)
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".
Source: tatoeba (404966)
A swarm of hornets attacked the children.
Source: tatoeba (543753)
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