swim - Similar and Opposite Words

What is another word for swim ?

Here are the synonyms for swim , a list of similar words for swim from our thesaurus that you can use

Noun

the act of swimming

Synonyms

• swim
• swimming

More generic

• aquatics
• water sport

More specific

• bathe
• dip
• dive
• diving
• floating
• natation
• plunge
• skin diving
• skin-dive
• skinny-dip

Verb

be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom

Synonyms

• float
• swim

More generic

• go
• locomote
• move
• travel

More specific

• buoy

Related

• float

Verb

move as if gliding through water

Synonyms

• swim

More generic

• go
• locomote
• move
• travel

Verb

travel through water

Synonyms

• swim

More generic

• go
• locomote
• move
• travel

More specific

• backstroke
• bathe
• break water
• breaststroke
• crawl
• dive
• fin
• paddle
• school

Verb

be covered with or submerged in a liquid

Synonyms

• drown
• swim

More generic

• be

Verb

be dizzy or giddy

Synonyms

• swim

More generic

• be

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