Swim

//swɪm//

Synonyms for "swim" (59 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (12)

swimming float aquaplaning aquatics australian crawl backstroke balneation bathe bathing bon ton breaststroke butterfly

Strong matches (18)

convention crawl custom dance dive diving dog paddle drown faint fashion fin fishtail flapper flipper floating

Noun(1 words)

dizziness

Verb(2 words)

drown float

Related words (29)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

15 relation types

More general

8 entries

aquatics be exist go locomote move travel water sport

Antonyms

6 entries

drown drowning flying sink sink or walk

Synonyms

3 entries

drown float swimming

Related terms

4 entries

friend of mine sweam sweamish sweem

derived

31 entries

I can't swim can a duck swim do fish swim faster than a minnow can swim a dipper in the swim in the swim of things polar bear swim quicker than a minnow can swim a dipper sink or swim swim bladder swim brief swim briefs swim cap swim diaper swim fin swim lane

Showing 16 of 31 words.

distinct from

2 entries

drown drowning

has context

4 entries

historical internet slang text messaging uk

has first_subevent

7 entries

enter body of liquid enter water get dressed in swimming suit get in water get into water get wet put on

has last_subevent

5 entries

dry off dry yourself off get in water get out get out of water

has prerequisite

32 entries

at water deep enough dive in water dive into water dive right in enter water find body of water find pool find to swim in get in water get into water go somewhere there water go to beach go to lake go to pool go to swimming pool go to swimmingpool

Showing 16 of 32 words.

has subevent

10 entries

get water up nose get wet good exersize grasping side of pool jump in water kick feet see fish stroke with arms swallow water water may get into nose

manner of

2 entries

be travel

motivated by_goal

17 entries

avoid drowning cool down cool off cool off from heat enjoy swimming excercise exercise exersize fun hot hot outside in water like water pass swim test save life wanted to cool off

Showing 16 of 17 words.

related to

233 entries

action action water activity activity water afloat air bladder and diving aquatic aquatic activity aquatic exercise aquatic locomotion aquatic motion aquatic movement arm arm legs arm motions

Showing 16 of 233 words.

similar

1 entries

float

Translations

303 translations across 191 languages.

Abkhaz

1 entries

аӡсара verb (move through water)

Acehnese

1 entries

langue verb (move through water)

Afrikaans

1 entries

swem verb (move through water)

Aklanon

1 entries

eangoy verb (move through water)

Albanian

2 entries

luoz verb (move through water)
notoj verb (move through water)

Ancient Greek

3 entries

κολυμβάω verb (move through water)
νέω verb (move through water)
νήχομαι verb (move through water)

Ao

1 entries

awa (Chungli) verb (move through water)

Arabic

4 entries

سَبْحَة noun (act or instance of swimming)
سِبَاحَة noun (act or instance of swimming)
سَبَحَ verb (move through water)
سِبِح verb (move through water)

Aragonese

1 entries

nadar verb (move through water)

Aramaic

1 entries

ܣܚܐ verb (move through water)

Armenian

2 entries

լող noun (act or instance of swimming)
լողալ verb (move through water)

Aromanian

3 entries

anot verb (move through water)
mplãtescu verb (move through water)
not verb (move through water)

Assamese

1 entries

সাঁতোৰ verb (move through water)

Asturian

2 entries

nadar verb (move through water)
ñadar verb (move through water)

Avar

1 entries

лъедезе verb (move through water)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

üzmək verb (move through water)

Bashkir

1 entries

йөҙөү verb (move through water)

Basque

1 entries

igeri egin verb (move through water)

Belarusian

4 entries

папла́ваць verb (move through water)
паплы́ць verb (move through water)
пла́ваць verb (move through water)
плыць verb (move through water)

Bengali

1 entries

সাঁতার verb (move through water)

Bikol Central

2 entries

langoy noun (act or instance of swimming)
maglangoy verb (move through water)

Breton

3 entries

neui verb (move through water)
neuial verb (move through water)
neuñviñ verb (move through water)

Brunei Malay

1 entries

beranang verb (move through water)

Bulgarian

2 entries

плу́ване noun (act or instance of swimming)
плу́вам verb (move through water)

Burmese

1 entries

ရေကူး verb (move through water)

Campidanese Sardinian

1 entries

nadai verb (move through water)

Carpathian Rusyn

1 entries

плывати verb (move through water)

Catalan

2 entries

natació noun (act or instance of swimming)
nedar verb (move through water)

Chechen

4 entries

лийчар noun (act or instance of swimming)
нека noun (act or instance of swimming)
лийча verb (move through water)
нека дан verb (move through water)

Cherokee

2 entries

ᎠᏓᏬᏍᏗ verb (move through water)
ᎠᏳᎢᏁᎦ verb (move through water)

Chickasaw

4 entries

ok-aayopi noun (act or instance of swimming)
yopi noun (act or instance of swimming)
yopichi noun (act or instance of swimming)
ok-aayopi verb (move through water)

Chinese

1 entries

泅水 verb (move through water)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

游水 verb (move through water)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

游泳 verb (move through water)

Chukchi

1 entries

аӈӄатыԓяк verb (move through water)

Chuukese

1 entries

tuken verb (move through water)

Chuvash

1 entries

иш verb (move through water)

Corsican

1 entries

nutà verb (move through water)

Czech

3 entries

plavání noun (act or instance of swimming)
plavat verb (move through water)
plout verb (move through water)

Danish

2 entries

svømmetur noun (act or instance of swimming)
svømme verb (move through water)

Dutch

2 entries

zwemmen noun (act or instance of swimming)
zwemmen verb (move through water)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries

泅水 verb (move through water)

Elfdalian

1 entries

simma verb (move through water)

Esperanto

1 entries

naĝi verb (move through water)

Estonian

1 entries

ujuma verb (move through water)

Evenki

2 entries

уюкта verb (move through water)
элбэскэтчэми verb (move through water)

Extremaduran

1 entries

nadal verb (move through water)

Faroese

1 entries

svimja verb (move through water)

Fijian

1 entries

qalo verb (move through water)

Finnish

2 entries

uinti noun (act or instance of swimming)
uida verb (move through water)

French

2 entries

natation noun (act or instance of swimming)
nager verb (move through water)

Friulian

1 entries

nadâ verb (move through water)

Fwâi

1 entries

wân verb (move through water)

Galician

1 entries

nadar verb (move through water)

Gamilaraay

1 entries

gubiy verb (move through water)

Georgian

1 entries

ცურავს verb (move through water)

German

2 entries

Schwimmen noun (act or instance of swimming)
schwimmen verb (move through water)

Greek

3 entries

κολύμβηση noun (act or instance of swimming)
μπάνιο noun (act or instance of swimming)
κολυμπάω verb (move through water)

Greenlandic

1 entries

naluppoq verb (move through water)

Haitian Creole

1 entries

naje verb (move through water)

Hakka Chinese

3 entries

泅水 verb (move through water)
泅水仔 verb (move through water)
洗身仔 verb (move through water)

Hawaiian

2 entries

ʻau verb (move through water)
ʻauʻau verb (move through water)

Hebrew

1 entries

שָׂחָה verb (move through water)

Hiligaynon

1 entries

langoy verb (move through water)

Hindi

3 entries

तैरना noun (act or instance of swimming)
तैराकी noun (act or instance of swimming)
तैरना verb (move through water)

Hungarian

2 entries

úszás noun (act or instance of swimming)
úszik verb (move through water)

Icelandic

2 entries

sund noun (act or instance of swimming)
synda verb (move through water)

Ido

2 entries

nato noun (act or instance of swimming)
natar verb (move through water)

Ilocano

1 entries

aglangoy verb (move through water)

Indonesian

1 entries

berenang verb (move through water)

Ingrian

2 entries

ujukki noun (act or instance of swimming)
uijua verb (move through water)

Interlingua

1 entries

natar verb (move through water)

Iranun

1 entries

langui verb (move through water)

Irish

2 entries

snámh noun (act or instance of swimming)
snámh verb (move through water)

Italian

4 entries

nuotata noun (act or instance of swimming)
nuoto noun (act or instance of swimming)
natare verb (move through water)
nuotare verb (move through water)

Japanese

3 entries

水泳 noun (act or instance of swimming)
泳ぎ noun (act or instance of swimming)
泳ぐ verb (move through water)

Javanese

2 entries

langi verb (move through water)
nglangi verb (move through water)

Jawe

1 entries

wân verb (move through water)

Kapampangan

1 entries

kaue verb (move through water)

Kapingamarangi

1 entries

kau verb (move through water)

Kashubian

1 entries

płëwac verb (move through water)

Kazakh

1 entries

жүзу verb (move through water)

Khmer

2 entries

ហែល verb (move through water)
ហែលទឹក verb (move through water)

Korean

2 entries

수영하다 verb (move through water)
헤엄치다 verb (move through water)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

жүзүү verb (move through water)

Lao

1 entries

ລອຍນ້ຳ verb (move through water)

Latgalian

2 entries

mauduot verb (move through water)
maut verb (move through water)

Latin

3 entries

natātiō noun (act or instance of swimming)
nato verb (move through water)
no verb (move through water)

Latvian

1 entries

peldēt verb (move through water)

Lithuanian

1 entries

plaukti verb (move through water)

Lombard

2 entries

nodà verb (move through water)
nuà verb (move through water)

Low German

1 entries

swimmen verb (move through water)

Lower Sorbian

2 entries

plěwaś verb (move through water)
plěś verb (move through water)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

schwammen verb (move through water)

Macedonian

1 entries

пли́ва verb (move through water)

Maguindanao

1 entries

lumanguy verb (move through water)

Malayalam

2 entries

നീന്തൽ noun (act or instance of swimming)
നീന്തുക verb (move through water)

Maltese

1 entries

għam verb (move through water)

Manchu

1 entries

ᡝᠯᠪᡳᡧᡝᠮᠪᡳ verb (move through water)

Mangarevan

1 entries

kau verb (move through water)

Mansaka

1 entries

langoy verb (move through water)

Maranao

1 entries

langoy verb (move through water)

Marathi

1 entries

पोहणे verb (move through water)

Mauritian Creole

1 entries

naze verb (move through water)

Middle English

1 entries

swymmen verb (move through water)

Mongolian

4 entries

сэлэх verb (move through water)
умбах verb (move through water)
ᠤᠮᠪᠠᠬᠤ verb (move through water)
ᠰᠡᠯᠢᠬᠦ verb (move through water)

Māori

4 entries

kauanga noun (act or instance of swimming)
kakau verb (move through water)
kau verb (move through water)
tere verb (move through water)

Nanai

2 entries

онёан verb (move through water)
паори verb (move through water)

Navajo

1 entries

naʼałkǫ́ǫ́ʼ verb (move through water)

Neapolitan

1 entries

natà verb (move through water)

Nemi

1 entries

wân verb (move through water)

Nepali

1 entries

पौडिनु verb (move through water)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries

utsunga verb (move through water)

Ngunawal

1 entries

yerra verb (move through water)

Norman

1 entries

nagi verb (move through water)

North Frisian

1 entries

sweem verb (move through water)

Northern Sami

1 entries

vuodjat verb (move through water)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

svømmetur noun (act or instance of swimming)
svømme verb (move through water)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries

svømma verb (move through water)
symja verb (move through water)
symje verb (move through water)

Occitan

1 entries

nadar verb (move through water)

Odia

1 entries

ପହଁରା noun (act or instance of swimming)

Old Tupi

1 entries

‘ytab verb (move through water)

Oromo

2 entries

daakuu verb (move through water)
dakuu verb (move through water)

Ossetian

1 entries

ленк кӕнын verb (move through water)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

یوزمه noun (act or instance of swimming)
یوزمك verb (move through water)

Pangasinan

1 entries

langoy verb (move through water)

Papiamentu

1 entries

landa verb (move through water)

Pashto

1 entries

لامبل verb (move through water)

Persian

4 entries

شنا noun (act or instance of swimming)
شنا کردن verb (move through water)
شناویدن verb (move through water)
شناییدن verb (move through water)

Piedmontese

1 entries

nové verb (move through water)

Pije

1 entries

wân verb (move through water)

Pitcairn-Norfolk

1 entries

naawe verb (move through water)

Polish

2 entries

płynąć verb (move through water)
pływać verb (move through water)

Portuguese

2 entries

nado noun (act or instance of swimming)
nadar verb (move through water)

Quechua

2 entries

wamp'uy verb (move through water)
wayt'ay verb (move through water)

Rapa Nui

1 entries

kau verb (move through water)

Romanian

1 entries

înota verb (move through water)

Romansch

4 entries

nodar verb (move through water)
nudar verb (move through water)
nuder verb (move through water)
senudar verb (move through water)

Russian

3 entries

плыть noun (act or instance of swimming)
пла́вать verb (move through water)
плыть verb (move through water)

Samoan

1 entries

ʻaʻau verb (move through water)

Sanskrit

1 entries

प्लवते verb (move through water)

Sardinian

3 entries

anatare verb (move through water)
nadare verb (move through water)
natare verb (move through water)

Scots

1 entries

sweem verb (move through water)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

snàmh verb (move through water)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

plȉvati verb (move through water)
пли̏вати verb (move through water)

Sicilian

1 entries

natari verb (move through water)

Sindhi

1 entries

ترڻ verb (move through water)

Sinhalese

1 entries

පිහිනනවා verb (move through water)

Slovak

2 entries

plávanie noun (act or instance of swimming)
plávať verb (move through water)

Slovene

2 entries

plavanje noun (act or instance of swimming)
plavati verb (move through water)

Southern Altai

1 entries

јӱзер verb (move through water)

Spanish

2 entries

natación noun (act or instance of swimming)
nadar verb (move through water)

Sundanese

1 entries

ngojai verb (move through water)

Swahili

1 entries

kuogelea verb (move through water)

Swedish

2 entries

simtur noun (act or instance of swimming)
simma verb (move through water)

Tagalog

2 entries

languyin verb (move through water)
lumangoy verb (move through water)

Tajik

1 entries

шино кардан verb (move through water)

Tamil

1 entries

நீந்து verb (move through water)

Tarantino

2 entries

natare verb (move through water)
natà verb (move through water)

Tatar

1 entries

йөзәргә verb (move through water)

Tausug

1 entries

languy verb (move through water)

Telugu

2 entries

ఈత noun (act or instance of swimming)
ఈదు verb (move through water)

Tetum

1 entries

nani verb (move through water)

Thai

2 entries

ว่าย verb (move through water)
ว่ายน้ำ verb (move through water)

Tibetan

2 entries

ཆུ་རྐྱལ་རྒྱག verb (move through water)
འཕྱོ verb (move through water)

Tocharian B

1 entries

nāsk verb (move through water)

Tongan

1 entries

kakau verb (move through water)

Tooro

1 entries

ziha verb (move through water)

Tuamotuan

1 entries

kau verb (move through water)

Turkish

2 entries

yüzme noun (act or instance of swimming)
yüzmek verb (move through water)

Turkmen

1 entries

ýüzmek verb (move through water)

Tuvan

2 entries

эштип билир verb (move through water)
эштир verb (move through water)

Udmurt

1 entries

уяны verb (move through water)

Ukrainian

4 entries

пла́вати verb (move through water)
плисти́ verb (move through water)
попла́вати verb (move through water)
поплисти́ verb (move through water)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries

płuwać verb (move through water)

Urdu

1 entries

تیرنا verb (move through water)

Uyghur

1 entries

ئۈزمەك verb (move through water)

Uzbek

2 entries

suzmoq verb (move through water)
yuzmoq verb (move through water)

Venetan

3 entries

noar verb (move through water)
nodar verb (move through water)
nuar verb (move through water)

Vietnamese

2 entries

bơi verb (move through water)
tắm verb (move through water)

Volapük

1 entries

svimön verb (move through water)

Waray-Waray

1 entries

langoy verb (move through water)

Welsh

1 entries

nofio verb (move through water)

West-Frisian

1 entries

swimme verb (move through water)

White Hmong

1 entries

luam dej verb (move through water)

Wu Chinese

2 entries

游水 verb (move through water)
游泳 verb (move through water)

Yiddish

1 entries

שווימען verb (move through water)

Yoruba

1 entries

lùwẹ̀ verb (move through water)

Yurok

2 entries

kepoyuerek' verb (move through water)
ruerek' verb (move through water)

Zealandic

1 entries

zwemme verb (move through water)

Zhuang

4 entries

ap verb (move through water)
apdah verb (move through water)
dajcaemx verb (move through water)
youz verb (move through water)

Sample sentences

36 total sentences available.

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Can you swim as fast as he?

Source: tatoeba (15842)

You can swim, can't you?

Source: tatoeba (16299)

Can you swim?

Source: tatoeba (16300)

You can't swim, can you?

Source: tatoeba (16301)

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