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swarm

noun

1 swarm

A moving crowd.

synonyms: drove, horde.

Roget 102: multitude; numerous etc. adj.; numerosity, numerality; multiplicity; profusion etc. (plenty) 639; legion, host; great number, ... show more

Roget 72: assemblage; collection, collocation, colligation; compilation, levy, gathering, ingathering, muster, attroupement; team; concourse, conflux, congregation, ... show more

Dutch: zwerm
Polish: rojowisko, mrowisko

2 swarm

A group of many things in the air or on the ground:
— A swarm of insects obscured the light.

synonym: cloud.

Dutch: massa, menigte, plaag
Polish: mrowie, chmara

verb

1 swarm

Be teeming, be abuzz:
— The garden was swarming with bees.

synonyms: pullulate, teem.

Roget 102: be numerous etc. adj.; swarm with, teem with, creep with; crowd, swarm, come thick upon; outnumber, multiply; people; swarm like locusts, ... show more

Roget 641: superabound, overabound; know no bounds, swarm; meet one at every turn; creep with, crawl with, bristle with; overflow; run over, flow over, well over, brim over; run riot; ... show more

Dutch: kiemen, krioelen, sterven, stikken, wemelen

2 swarm

Move in large numbers.

synonyms: pour, pullulate, stream, teem.

Roget 639: be sufficient etc. adj.; suffice, do, just do, satisfy, pass muster; have enough etc. n.; eat.    one's fill, ... show more

Roget 72: assemble [be or come together], collect, muster; meet, unite, join, rejoin; cluster, flock, swarm, surge, stream, herd, ... show more


Moby thesaurus: a mass of, a world of, abound, abound with, army, assemble, beset, bevy, bristle with, bunch, bunch up, burst with, charm, clot, cloud, cluster, clutter, collect, come together, congregate ... show more.

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