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teeming

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore T words

swarming with or full of a great number of things

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Teeming in a sentence

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The tide pool was teeming with crabs, anemones, and tiny fish.

Synonyms
swarmingaboundingbrimming
Antonyms
emptybarrendeserted
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Teeming (adjective) means swarming with or full of a great number of things
Here is teeming used in an example sentence: "The tide pool was teeming with crabs, anemones, and tiny fish."
Common synonyms for teeming include swarming, abounding, brimming.
Antonyms of teeming include empty, barren, deserted.
Teeming is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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