swim
English Thesaurus
1. the act of swimming (noun.act)
| hyponym | : | bathe, |
| definition | : | the act of swimming (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | skinny-dip, |
| definition | : | a naked swim (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | dip, plunge, |
| definition | : | a brief swim in water (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | dive, diving, |
| definition | : | a headlong plunge into water (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | floating, natation, |
| definition | : | the act of someone who floats on the water (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | skin diving, skin-dive, |
| definition | : | underwater swimming without any more breathing equipment than a snorkel (noun.act) |
2. be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom (verb.motion)
| hypernym | : | go, locomote, move, travel, |
| definition | : | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically (verb.motion) |
| hyponym | : | buoy, |
| definition | : | float on the surface of water (verb.motion) |
| verb group | : | float, |
| definition | : | move lightly, as if suspended (verb.motion) |
| verb group | : | float, |
| definition | : | set afloat (verb.motion) |
3. move as if gliding through water (verb.motion)
| hypernym | : | go, locomote, move, travel, go, locomote, move, travel, |
| definition | : | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically (verb.motion) |
4. travel through water (verb.motion)
| hyponym | : | school, |
| definition | : | swim in or form a large group of fish (verb.motion) |
| hyponym | : | break water, fin, |
| definition | : | show the fins above the water while swimming (verb.motion) |
| hyponym | : | fin, |
| definition | : | propel oneself through the water in a finning motion (verb.motion) |
| hyponym | : | paddle, |
| definition | : | swim like a dog in shallow water (verb.motion) |
| hyponym | : | crawl, |
| definition | : | swim by doing the crawl (verb.motion) |
| hyponym | : | breaststroke, |
| definition | : | swim with the face down and extend the arms forward and outward while kicking with the leg (verb.motion) |
| hyponym | : | backstroke, |
| definition | : | swim on one's back (verb.motion) |
| hyponym | : | skinny-dip, |
| definition | : | bathe in the nude (verb.motion) |
| hyponym | : | dive, |
| definition | : | swim under water (verb.motion) |
5. be covered with or submerged in a liquid (verb.stative)
| hypernym | : | be, be, |
| definition | : | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun) (verb.stative) |
6. the act of swimming (noun.act)
| derivation | : | float, swim, |
| definition | : | be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom (verb.motion) |
| derivation | : | swim, |
| definition | : | travel through water (verb.motion) |
7. be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom (verb.motion)
| derivation | : | swim, swimming, |
| definition | : | the act of swimming (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | floating, natation, |
| definition | : | the act of someone who floats on the water (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | float, |
| definition | : | something that floats on the surface of water (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | floater, |
| definition | : | an object that floats or is capable of floating (noun.object) |
| derivation | : | floater, |
| definition | : | a swimmer who floats in the water (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | floatation, flotation, |
| definition | : | the phenomenon of floating (remaining on the surface of a liquid without sinking) (noun.phenomenon) |
8. travel through water (verb.motion)
| derivation | : | swim, swimming, |
| definition | : | the act of swimming (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | bather, natator, swimmer, |
| definition | : | a person who travels through the water by swimming (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | swimmer, |
| definition | : | a trained athlete who participates in swimming meets (noun.person) |
9. the act of swimming (noun.act)
| derivation | : | float, swim, |
| definition | : | be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom (verb.motion) |
| derivation | : | swim, |
| definition | : | travel through water (verb.motion) |
10. be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom (verb.motion)
| derivation | : | swim, swimming, |
| definition | : | the act of swimming (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | floating, natation, |
| definition | : | the act of someone who floats on the water (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | float, |
| definition | : | something that floats on the surface of water (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | floater, |
| definition | : | an object that floats or is capable of floating (noun.object) |
| derivation | : | floater, |
| definition | : | a swimmer who floats in the water (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | floatation, flotation, |
| definition | : | the phenomenon of floating (remaining on the surface of a liquid without sinking) (noun.phenomenon) |
11. travel through water (verb.motion)
| derivation | : | swim, swimming, |
| definition | : | the act of swimming (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | bather, natator, swimmer, |
| definition | : | a person who travels through the water by swimming (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | swimmer, |
| definition | : | a trained athlete who participates in swimming meets (noun.person) |
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