teem

The word “teem” has 1 syllable: teem

It's pronounced as /tiːm/


What is synonym and antonym for teem?

In the thesaurus, “teem” has 12 synonyms and 3 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for teem along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for teem

  • abound
  • brim
  • bristle
  • bulge
  • burst
  • bustle
  • buzz
  • crawl
  • hum
  • overflow
  • pullulate
  • swarm

Antonyms for teem

Meanings of teem

  • verb
    1. To be stocked to overflowing.
    2. To be prolific; to abound; to be rife.
    3. To bring forth young, as an animal; to produce fruit, as a plant; to bear; to be pregnant; to conceive; to multiply.
    4. To empty.
    5. To pour (especially with rain).
    6. To pour, as steel, from a melting pot; to fill, as a mould, with molten metal.
    7. To think fit.

Example Sentences

  • The forests teem with wildlife of all kinds.
  • During the summer, the beaches teem with tourists.
  • The market began to teem with activity as the sun rose.
  • His mind seemed to teem with creative ideas.
  • The ocean waters around the reef teem with colorful fish.

On this page you'll find 15 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to teem, such as: abound, brim, bristle, bulge, burst, bustle, buzz.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

abound

  • be alive with
  • be all over the place
  • be knee deep in
  • be no end to
  • be plentiful
  • be thick with
  • brim
  • bristle
  • bulge
  • burst
  • bustle
  • buzz
  • crawl
  • crawl with
  • crowd
  • flourish
  • flow
  • have a full plate
  • hum
  • infest
  • overflow
  • proliferate
  • pullulate
  • swarm
  • swell
  • teem
  • thrive

abounded

  • be alive with
  • be all over the place
  • be knee deep in
  • be no end to
  • be plentiful
  • be thick with
  • brimmed
  • bristled
  • bulged
  • burst
  • bursted
  • bustled
  • buzzed
  • crawl with
  • crawled
  • crowd
  • flourish
  • flow
  • have a full plate
  • hummed
  • infest
  • overflow
  • overflowed
  • proliferate
  • pullulated
  • swarm
  • swarmed
  • swell
  • teem
  • teemed
  • thrive

abounds

  • be alive with
  • be all over the place
  • be knee deep in
  • be no end to
  • be plentiful
  • be thick with
  • brims
  • bristles
  • bulges
  • bursts
  • bustles
  • buzzes
  • crawl with
  • crawls
  • crowd
  • flourish
  • flow
  • have a full plate
  • hums
  • infest
  • overflow
  • overflows
  • proliferate
  • pullulates
  • swarm
  • swarms
  • swell
  • teem
  • teems
  • thrive

gang up

  • absorb
  • accompany
  • accumulate
  • add to
  • affiliate
  • agglomerate
  • aggregate
  • ally
  • amalgamate
  • amass
  • arrange
  • assemble
  • assimilate
  • associate
  • band together
  • be friends
  • be in cahoots
  • besiege
  • blend
  • bracket
  • bring together
  • buddy up
  • bunch
  • bunch up
  • cabal
  • call
  • call together
  • capture
  • charter
  • choose
  • circulate
  • close with
  • club
  • cluster
  • coalesce
  • cohere
  • collaborate
  • collect
  • combine
  • come together
  • concentrate
  • confederate
  • conglomerate
  • congregate
  • congress
  • conjoin
  • consolidate
  • consort
  • convene
  • converge
  • convoke
  • cooperate
  • corral
  • cover
  • crowd
  • cull
  • draw
  • draw in
  • dub
  • embody
  • federate
  • flock
  • forgather
  • form
  • fraternize
  • fuse
  • gang around
  • garner
  • gather
  • get in on
  • get in with
  • get into
  • get together
  • get-together
  • go along with
  • go partners
  • group
  • hang around
  • hang out
  • hang out with
  • hang together
  • harmonize
  • heap
  • herd
  • hoard
  • hobnob
  • hook in
  • huddle
  • imbibe
  • incorporate
  • integrate
  • join
  • join up with
  • knot
  • league
  • line up with
  • link
  • lump
  • make the scene
  • marshal
  • mass
  • meet
  • meet up
  • merge
  • mingle
  • mix
  • mobilize
  • muster
  • network
  • organize
  • pack
  • pal up
  • pick
  • pile up
  • play footsie with
  • pluck
  • poke
  • pool
  • pour in
  • punch
  • put together
  • raise
  • rally
  • rendezvous
  • reunite
  • round up
  • rub shoulders
  • run around with
  • run with
  • scare up
  • scrape together
  • show up
  • stack up
  • start
  • stockpile
  • string along with
  • subsume
  • summon
  • swarm
  • swing with
  • systematize
  • take up with
  • team up
  • teem
  • throng
  • throw in together
  • tie
  • tie in
  • tie up
  • truck with
  • unionize
  • unite
  • wed
  • work the room
  • work with

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