swamp

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of SWAMP

to cover with a flood <the boat was swamped by the huge wave> <has been swamped with paperwork since she returned from vacation>

Synonyms deluge, drown, engulf, gulf, inundate, overflow, overwhelm, submerge, submerse, swamp

Related Words avalanche, smother; overcome, overrun; flow, flush, gush, pour, sluice, spout, spurt, stream; douse (also dowse), drench, soak, wet

Near Antonyms dehydrate, dry, parch

Antonyms drain

to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress <parents feeling swamped by work and family obligations>

Synonyms crush, devastate, floor, grind (down), oppress, overcome, overmaster, overpower, prostrate, snow under, swamp, whelm

Related Words deluge, drown, sink; confute, defeat, refute; break, demoralize, distress, disturb, rock, shatter, stagger, throw, unman, unnerve, upset

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