Synonyms for swimming
ˈswɪm ɪŋswim·ming

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1. swimming, swimadjective

   the act of swimming

   "it was the swimming they enjoyed most": "they took a short swim in the pool"

   Synonyms:
   swim

   Antonyms:
   tearless, perpendicular, dry-eyed, vertical, inclined

2. liquid, swimmingadjective

   filled or brimming with tears

   "swimming eyes"; "sorrow made the eyes of many grow liquid"

   Synonyms:
   liquid, liquified, fluent, limpid, melted, naiant, smooth, fluid

   Antonyms:
   inclined, tearless, perpendicular, vertical, dry-eyed

3. naiant, swimmingadjective

   applied to a fish depicted horizontally

   Synonyms:
   naiant, liquid

   Antonyms:
   vertical, tearless, perpendicular, dry-eyed, inclined

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1. swimmingnoun

   Synonyms:
   natation, dizziness, vertigo, giddiness, transnatation, supernatation

   Associated words:
   natatorial, natant, natatorious, natatorium, natatory

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1. List of paraphrases for "swimming":

   swim, bathing, beach, swimmer, aquatics, beaches

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1. David Barber:

   The law states that the queen can own any swan swimming in open waters if she so wishes, but she mainly exercises that right on the River Thames, today swan upping is about conservation and education.

2. Lisel Heise:

   The microphone was often turned off when I started to speak about the swimming pool, and then of course you stop, there's no point, but now that I'm 100, I'm in a different position. Now I have the chance to open my mouth and say something.

3. The Greek pole vaulter:

   It's unbelievable. What about team sports that have to train together? What about swimming? What about gymnastics that they touch the same objects? There is zero consideration of the risk they are putting us in right now.

4. Richard Peirce:

   A shark has got no paws or hands, so if it wants to explore something, the only capability it's got to do that is to put it in its mouth, that's why we often get exploratory bites which don't result in death and sometimes don't even result in serious injury. If you go swimming and splashing away, you're almost inviting the shark to come give you an exploratory or an attack bite.

5. Alan Fenwick:

   For people who live on the banks of the Nile and on the banks of these lakes, they can easily get reinfected because they don't have a water supply, they go back swimming, they go back fishing, and there isn't a great deal of immunity.