SWARMED Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

swarmed 1 of 2

verb (1)

past tense of swarm

as in flocked

to move upon or fill (something) in great numbers meeting little resistance, the pirates swarmed the decks of the merchant ship

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as in buzzed

to be copiously supplied at this time of year that Mexican resort swarms with college students on spring break

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swarmed

2 of 2

verb (2)

past tense of swarm

as in climbed

to move (as up or over something) often with the help of the hands in holding or pulling one of the physical challenges had competitors swarming over a pile of logs

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Recent Examples of swarmed

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Officers from multiple agencies swarmed, chasing Denis for more than 20 miles. —

Ella Moore, Miami Herald, 19 May 2026 Police swarmed the center after receiving calls of an active shooter and found a crime scene that expanded across several blocks in the area. —

Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026 Police soon swarmed the North Clairemont home of the younger teen. —

Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2026 Videos shared on social media appeared to show police using pepper spray to disperse crowds at the Roosevelt Field Mall on Long Island, and hundreds of shoppers swarmed stores in Times Square and Manhattan, the New York Times reported. —

Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 17 May 2026 About 20 minutes later, the bees swarmed into a hive on a tree on the North Lawn of the White House. —

Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2026 Bay Area fans of the K-pop superstar group BTS flocked swarmed Stanford University more than 24 hours before the first of three shows on campus. —

Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 15 May 2026 One group swarmed Trossard, the man whose name was on the scoresheet, but another surrounded Odegaard, the architect of it all. —

Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 12 May 2026 Days after the shooting stunned Shreveport, a whirlwind of police lights, camera crews and grieving relatives swarmed the neighborhood where the killings unfolded, the streets vibrating with sirens, the air shrouded in questions and disbelief. —

Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 10 May 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for swarmed

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An unprecedented number of tourists have flocked to Japan in recent years, but some residents have become fed up by foreigners' unruly behavior.

— Frank Andrews, CBS News, 18 May 2026
At first the bet paid off andAmericans flocked to the island.

— New York Times, New York Times, 16 May 2026