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

1 sense of swim

Sense 1
swimming, swim -- (the act of swimming; "it was the swimming they enjoyed most": "they took a short swim in the pool")
       => water sport, aquatics -- (sports that involve bodies of water)

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

5 senses of swim

Sense 1
swim -- (travel through water; "We had to swim for 20 minutes to reach the shore"; "a big fish was swimming in the tank")
       => travel, go, move, locomote -- (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast")

Sense 2
float, swim -- (be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom)
       => travel, go, move, locomote -- (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast")

Sense 3
swim -- (be dizzy or giddy; "my brain is swimming after the bottle of champagne")
       => be -- (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer")

Sense 4
swim, drown -- (be covered with or submerged in a liquid; "the meat was swimming in a fatty gravy")
       => be -- (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer")

Sense 5
swim -- (move as if gliding through water; "this snake swims through the soil where it lives")
       => travel, go, move, locomote -- (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast")