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View usage for: teeming in British English 1 (ˈtiːmɪŋ) adjective1. abounding in people, fish, insects, etc The city's normally teeming streets were virtually deserted. the streets of Cairo, a teeming city of 13 million people Boys pulled salmon from a teeming river. 2. dense or bustling They pushed their way through the teeming crowd. teeming in British English 2 (ˈtiːmɪŋ) adjectivepouring in torrents Everywhere was pitch-black in the teeming rain. Examples of 'teeming' in a sentenceteeming It was teeming with people down there, all of them journalists, no doubt.She awakens in the night and hears rain teeming into water, twigs cracking under an unknown weight.'This is hopeless,' said Loxy, looking around at the teeming crowds. Synonyms of 'teeming'full, packed, crowded, alive pouring, lashing, pelting, sheeting More Synonyms of teeming The area is usually teeming with tourists. Synonyms alive numerous crawling swarming bristling brimming fruitful chock-full chock-a-block Opposites wanting , short , lacking , deficient I arrived early to find it teeming with rain. Synonyms pouring lashing pelting sheeting streaming belting (slang) bucketing down (informal) Additional synonymsThere is an abundant supply of labour. Synonyms plentiful, full, rich, filled, liberal, generous, lavish, ample, infinite, overflowing, exuberant, teeming, copious, inexhaustible, bountiful, luxuriant, profuse, rank, well-provided, well-supplied, two a penny, thick on the ground, bounteous, plenteousDefinition completely filled with The country is brimful with highly paid doctors. Synonyms full, filled, packed, running over, brimming, overflowing, flush, overfull The place appears to be bursting with women directors. Synonyms overflowing, full, filled, packed, running over, level with, brimming, overflowing, flush, overfull - tedious
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Additional synonymsThe street was crowded and noisy. Synonyms packed, full, busy, mobbed, cramped, swarming, overflowing, thronged, teeming, congested, populous, jam-packed, crushed The great hall was overflowing with people. Synonyms full, filled, abounding, swarming, rife, plentiful, thronged, teeming, copious, replete, bountiful, profuse, brimful, thick on the ground, overfull, superabundant The streets were packed with people. Synonyms filled, full, crowded, jammed, crammed, swarming, overflowing, overloaded, seething, congested, jam-packed, chock-full, bursting at the seams, cram-full, brimful, chock-a-block, packed like sardines, hoatching (Scottish), loaded or full to the gunwales Definition well supplied The harbour was replete with boats. Synonyms filled, stuffed, jammed, crammed, abounding, brimming, teeming, glutted, well-stocked, jam-packed, well-provided, chock-full, brimful, full to bursting, charged Definition consisting of a lot of things grouped closely together The area is so thick with people that the police close the streets. Synonyms crowded, full, packed, covered, filled, bursting, jammed, crawling, choked, crammed, swarming, abundant, bristling, brimming, overflowing, seething, thronged, teeming, congested, replete, chock-full, bursting at the seams, chock-a-block |