swarm meaning

swarm as a noun

1. a moving crowd

   Synonyms: drove, horde

   Type of: crowd

2. a group of many things in the air or on the ground
   • a swarm of insects obscured the light
   • clouds of blossoms
   • it discharged a cloud of spores

   Synonyms: cloud

   Type of: group

   Kinds: infestation

swarm as a verb

1. be teeming, be abuzz
   • The garden was swarming with bees
   • The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen
   • her mind pullulated with worries

   Synonyms: teem, pullulate

   Type of: hum

   Kinds: crawl

2. move in large numbers
   • people were pouring out of the theater
   • beggars pullulated in the plaza

   Synonyms: pour, stream, teem, pullulate

   Type of: crowd

   Kinds: spill over

How to pronounce swarm

swarm is pronounced /swɔːm/ in British English and /swɔrm/ in American English. It has 1 syllable.

Words that rhyme with swarm

• form
• storm
• perform
• inform
• reform
• transform
• norm
• conform
• lukewarm
• corm
• dorm
• deform
• misinform