Synonyms for swarm

Synonyms for (noun) swarm

Synonyms: cloud, swarm

Definition: a group of many things in the air or on the ground

Usage: a swarm of insects obscured the light; clouds of blossoms; it discharged a cloud of spores

Similar words: group, grouping

Definition: any number of entities (members) considered as a unit


Synonyms: drove, horde, swarm

Definition: a moving crowd

Similar words: crowd

Definition: a large number of things or people considered together

Usage: a crowd of insects assembled around the flowers


Synonyms for (verb) swarm

Synonyms: swarm, teem, stream, pullulate, pour

Definition: move in large numbers

Usage: people were pouring out of the theater; beggars pullulated in the plaza

Similar words: crowd, crowd together

Definition: to gather together in large numbers

Usage: men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah


Synonyms: pullulate, swarm, teem

Definition: be teeming, be abuzz

Usage: The garden was swarming with bees; The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen; her mind pullulated with worries

Similar words: seethe, hum, buzz

Definition: be noisy with activity

Usage: This office is buzzing with activity


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