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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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Now, as some businesses, investors and individuals become more concerned about who will be swamped in that transformation, the companies are making a pivot to trying to help manage the downside.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

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

Not far from the camp, in the town of Mograne which was swamped by the neighbouring Sebou River, villagers still waded through deep mud.

From Barron's • 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

She was usually swamped by the constant demands of the household and the ceaseless uproar of. my brothers.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly