Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun swarm

2 senses of swarm

Sense 1
drove, horde, swarm -- (a moving crowd)
       => crowd -- (a large number of things or people considered together; "a crowd of insects assembled around the flowers")

Sense 2
swarm, cloud -- (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")
       => group, grouping -- (any number of entities (members) considered as a unit)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb swarm

2 senses of swarm

Sense 1
teem, pullulate, swarm -- (be teeming, be abuzz; "The garden was swarming with bees"; "The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen"; "her mind pullulated with worries")
       => hum, buzz, seethe -- (be noisy with activity; "This office is buzzing with activity")

Sense 2
pour, swarm, stream, teem, pullulate -- (move in large numbers; "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza")
       => crowd, crowd together -- (to gather together in large numbers; "men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah")