Synonyms for swim

Synonyms for (noun) swim

Synonyms: swim, swimming

Definition: the act of swimming

Usage: it was the swimming they enjoyed most: they took a short swim in the pool

Similar words: water sport, aquatics

Definition: sports that involve bodies of water


Synonyms for (verb) swim

Synonyms: float, swim

Definition: be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom

Similar words: go, locomote, travel, move

Definition: change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

Usage: How fast does your new car go?; We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus; The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect; The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell; news travelled fast


Synonyms: swim

Definition: move as if gliding through water

Usage: this snake swims through the soil where it lives

Similar words: go, locomote, travel, move

Definition: change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

Usage: How fast does your new car go?; We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus; The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect; The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell; news travelled fast


Synonyms: swim

Definition: travel through water

Usage: We had to swim for 20 minutes to reach the shore; a big fish was swimming in the tank

Similar words: go, locomote, travel, move

Definition: change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

Usage: How fast does your new car go?; We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus; The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect; The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell; news travelled fast


Synonyms: swim, drown

Definition: be covered with or submerged in a liquid

Usage: the meat was swimming in a fatty gravy

Similar words: be

Definition: have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)

Usage: John is rich; This is not a good answer


Synonyms: swim

Definition: be dizzy or giddy

Usage: my brain is swimming after the bottle of champagne

Similar words: be

Definition: have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)

Usage: John is rich; This is not a good answer


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