Synonyms for Swarming

Synonyms for "swarming" (134 found)

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Closest matches (27)

Noun(8 words)

abound cluster collectivecollective movementcolony splitconverge crowd crowded

abounding abundant alivealive withblooming bountiful bristling burstingbursting outclose compact copious crammed crawling creation creative creeping crowded crowding

Strong matches (40)

dense emigration expatriation exuberant fecund fertile firm flight flourishing fructiferous fruitful full generous honeycombed immigrationin profusionin-migration infestation intermigration invasion

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jam packedjam-packed jammed lavish lively lousiness lush luxuriant migration out-migration overabundant overbounteous overcopious overexuberant

Noun(6 words)

densegroup motionhorde massmass movementmob

Related words (67)

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Noun(8 words)

overrun packedreproductive swarmsurge surroundswarm movementteem teeming

Related word relations

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More general

17 entries

attackbehavioral patterncollective behaviorcollective movementcolony dynamicscolony reproductioncongestioncrowd phenomenoncrowding density gatheringgroup phenomenonmovement phenomenon presencereproductive behavior

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More specific

17 entries

ant swarmbacterial swarmingbee swarmbee swarmingcampus swarminghallway swarminghive splittinghoneybee swarminglocust swarmlocust swarmingmedia swarmpress corpsshopper crowdstadium swarmingstudent swarmtermite swarming

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Collocations

15 entries

bee swarminghoneybee swarminglocust swarmingswarming activityswarming analysisswarming around the hiveswarming behaviorswarming capacityswarming coloniesswarming crowdswarming crowdsswarming dynamicsswarming insectsswarming movementtermite swarming

Inflections

5 entries

more swarmingmost swarmingswarmed swarmings swarms

Derivations

4 entries

swarm swarmed swarmlike swarms

Sample sentences

10 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

St Mark's Square in Venice is always swarming with tourists in the summer.

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Wow, it's swarming with tourists!

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Ants are swarming around the sugar.

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At the pop star's concert the fans were swarming around the foot of the stage.

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