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past participle of swamp.
past tense form of swamp.

Definitions

swamped

[swompt] / swɒmpt /

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busy adj.
overcome adj.
aground adv.

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

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Recruiters and HR offices are swamped with applications that people churn out with job-search platforms and AI agents.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026

A private real-estate fund managed by Starwood Capital effectively gated investors in 2024 after being swamped by redemption requests.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026

The single votes that they acquire for every SpaceX Class A share offered in the IPO is swamped by the 10 votes per share of the company’s class B stock.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026

"You need to be happy," reads graffiti spray-painted on a ruined building swamped in trash in Cuba's capital Havana.

From Barron's ● Jun. 14, 2026

The lifeboat abruptly tilted forward and everything was reversed: I was now at the lower end of the lifeboat, and the water that had swamped it, with a tiger soaking in it, came my way.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

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