Swimming

//ˈswɪmɪŋ//

Synonyms for "swimming" (82 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (17)

acrobatics agonistics aquaplaning aquatic aquatics association football athletics australian crawl backstroke balneal balneation bathe bathing breaststroke butterfly crawl deep sea

Strong matches (24)

deep-sea diving dizziness dizzy dog paddle drunken drunkenness estuarine fin fishtail flapper flipper floating fluctuating giddiness giddy grallatorial gymnastics light light-headed

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lightheaded lightheadedness littoral

Adjective(1 words)

liquid

Related words (41)

naiant natant natation natatorial natatory palaestra plentiful rugby rugger seashore shore sidestroke soccer spinning head sport sports surfboarding surfing swaying swim

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tearful tidal tiddly track track and field treading water tumbling turned around vertiginous vertiginousness vertigo wading water-dwelling water-growing water-living water-loving waterskiing wavering wooziness

Adjective(1 words)

naiant

Noun(1 words)

swim

Related word relations

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16 relation types

More general

2 entries

aquatics water sport

Synonyms

1 entries

naiant

Related terms

21 entries

artistic swimming free-swimming ice swimming oblique-swimming triplefin swimming bath swimming bell swimming briefs swimming cap swimming costume swimming crab swimming diaper swimming goggles swimming hole swimming nappy swimming pool swimming pool acid

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at location

1 entries

party

capable of

5 entries

done for relaxation enjoyable acitvity make tired plug ears with water sport

causes

47 entries

attention of water creatures become tired being wet change in hearing capability changing locations choppy pool cramp cramps crossing stream disturbance in water drop in body temperature drown drowning earache fish to swim away floating

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form of

1 entries

swim

has a

1 entries

effect of being wet

has prerequisite

10 entries

breath control fins gills kicking legs mobility muscle movement not sink practice to learn swim trunks water

has property

2 entries

instinctive until about 12 months old relaxing

has subevent

24 entries

breathe air bumping into another swimmer dive diving drown drowning establish rhythm exercise float float on back get cramp and drown get wet and cold getting exercise getting wet hold breath hold breath while under water

Showing 16 of 24 words.

is a

14 entries

another activity aquatic body movement form of excersize form of exercise good exercise good exercise for older people good exersize intelligent agent activity locomotion olympic sport outdoor activity simple whole body movement sport water sport

part of

1 entries

triathalon

related to

36 entries

activity back back stroke backstroke bathing bathing suits breaststroke buoy up exercise fish fish moving freestyle freestyle backstroke giddy hobby move

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similar

3 entries

horizontal tearful

used for

32 entries

aerobic exercise avoiding drowning competing with others competition cooling off cooling off body doing sports enjoyment exercise exercising heart exersize fish fun getting across river getting exercise getting physically fit

Showing 16 of 32 words.

Translations

91 translations across 73 languages.

Albanian

1 entries

not noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Arabic

1 entries

سِبَاحَة noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Armenian

1 entries

լող noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Aromanian

1 entries

nutare noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Assamese

2 entries

সাঁতোৰ noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)
সাঁতোৰা noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

üzgüçülük noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Belarusian

2 entries

пла́ванне noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)
пла́ваньне noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Bengali

1 entries

সাঁতার noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Bulgarian

2 entries

плу́ване noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)
световъртеж noun (a giddy sensation)

Burmese

1 entries

ရေကူးခြင်း noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Catalan

1 entries

natació noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

مەلەوانی noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Chinese

1 entries

游泳 noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

游泳 noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

泳 noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)
游 noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)
游泳 noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Czech

1 entries

plavání noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Danish

1 entries

svømning noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Dutch

2 entries

duizeling noun (a giddy sensation)
zwemmen noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Esperanto

1 entries

naĝado noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Estonian

1 entries

ujumine noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Finnish

2 entries

uiminen noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)
uinti noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

French

2 entries

nage noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)
natation noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Georgian

1 entries

ცურვა noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

German

1 entries

Schwimmen noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Greek

3 entries

ίλιγγος noun (a giddy sensation)
ζάλη noun (a giddy sensation)
κολύμβηση noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Hebrew

1 entries

שְׂחִיָּה noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Hindi

1 entries

तैराकी noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Hungarian

1 entries

úszás noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Icelandic

1 entries

sund noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Indonesian

1 entries

berenang noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Iranian Persian

2 entries

شِنا noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)
شِناوَری noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Irish

1 entries

snámh noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Italian

1 entries

nuoto noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Japanese

1 entries

水泳 noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Kazakh

1 entries

жүзу noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Khmer

1 entries

ការហែលទឹក noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Korean

1 entries

수영 noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

сүзүү noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Latvian

1 entries

peldēšana noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Lithuanian

1 entries

plaukimas noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Macedonian

1 entries

пливање noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Malay

1 entries

berenang noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Malayalam

1 entries

നീന്തൽ noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Māori

1 entries

pōnitiniti noun (a giddy sensation)

Ngarrindjeri

1 entries

wrukun noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Norman

1 entries

nagegie noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

svømming noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

symjing noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Odia

1 entries

ପହଁରା noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Old English

2 entries

sund noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)
swima noun (a giddy sensation)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

یوزمه noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Polish

2 entries

pływactwo noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)
pływanie noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Portuguese

1 entries

natação noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Quechua

1 entries

wamp'uy noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Romanian

1 entries

înot noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Russian

1 entries

пла́вание noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

plȉvānje noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)
пли̏ва̄ње noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Slovak

1 entries

plávanie noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Slovene

1 entries

plavanje noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Spanish

2 entries

nadadura noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)
natación noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Swedish

1 entries

simning noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Tajik

2 entries

шино noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)
шиноварӣ noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Thai

1 entries

การว่ายน้ำ noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Turkish

1 entries

yüzme noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Ukrainian

1 entries

пла́вання noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Urdu

1 entries

تَیراکی noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Uyghur

1 entries

سۇ ئۈزۈش noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Uzbek

1 entries

suzish noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Vietnamese

1 entries

bơi lội noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Walloon

3 entries

bagnaedje noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)
naiviaedje noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)
nedjaedje noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Welsh

1 entries

nofio noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Wiradjuri

1 entries

bambinya noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Yiddish

1 entries

שוווּם noun (human activity of moving oneself through water)

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

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Have you ever seen him swimming?

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You are not old enough to go swimming by yourself.

Source: tatoeba (15876)

Are you fond of swimming?

Source: tatoeba (15965)

In her leisure time, she enjoys swimming and tennis.

Source: tatoeba (19835)

Showing 4 of 17 available sentences.

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