teem

verbCommon GRE wordMore T words

to be full of or swarming with something

In a sentence

Teem in a sentence

Here is an example sentence showing teem in a sentence.

The tide pool teemed with crabs, snails, and darting silver fish.

Synonyms

aboundswarmoverflowbrim

Antonyms

lackwant

Keep going

understood or implied without being openly stated

habitually reserved and uncommunicative in speech

only loosely relevant; diverging from the main point

perceptible by touch or concrete enough to be grasped

to twist together into a confused or knotted mass

equivalent in effect or value to something else

to dull or damage the luster, reputation, or purity of something

needlessly repeating an idea using different words

Common questions

Teem (verb) means to be full of or swarming with something

Here is teem used in an example sentence: "The tide pool teemed with crabs, snails, and darting silver fish."

Common synonyms for teem include abound, swarm, overflow, brim.

Antonyms of teem include lack, want.

Teem is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

Vocabulary sticks when you meet it in real sentences. Practise these words inside text completion and sentence equivalence questions.