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Definitions

swamped

[swompt] / swɒmpt /
ADJECTIVE
busy
Synonyms
STRONGEST
active unavailable working
STRONG
buried employed engaged engrossed hustling occupied overloaded persevering slaving snowed
WEAK
already taken assiduous at it diligent having a full plate having enough on one's plate having fish to fry having many irons in the fire in a meeting in conference in someone else's possession in the field in the laboratory industrious on assignment on duty on the go tied-up up to one's ears with a customer
Antonyms
STRONGEST
idle
STRONG
inactive unoccupied
WEAK
lazy quiet unbusy unemployed unengaged
ADJECTIVE
overcome
Synonyms
STRONG
affected beaten buried conquered defeated overthrown taken
WEAK
at a loss for words blown-away bowled-over speechless swept off one's feet unable to continue
Antonyms
WEAK
indifferent unbothered unconcerned unflappable unmoved
ADVERB
aground
Synonyms
STRONGEST
ashore marooned stranded wrecked
WEAK
beached disabled foundered grounded high and dry reefed shipwrecked stuck
Antonyms
WEAK
afloat

Example Sentences

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Can I just emphasise that fans come to watch a football match and see their team's players, not to be swamped by referees or VAR stopping games at every contentious moment.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

"You know they come in waves and you think you're doing alright and then you're hit by another one and you're swamped," she said.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026

A more modern Mongolian issue: When the collection went online last month, the company was swamped with orders and struggled to meet demand.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

"We kind of got a little bit swamped just on the finish. I got stuck in the barriers there and couldn’t really get out," Welsford said.

From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026

The men’s feet were swamped with cold water.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.