Meaning & use
swamped
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overwhelmed with more work, tasks, or demands than one can easily handle.
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I can't meet today — I'm completely swamped with deadlines.
The customer service team was swamped with calls after the outage.
A note on using this word
Swamped is informal and typically describes a temporary state of being overloaded with work, not a permanent condition.
Words with a similar meaning
overwhelmedinundated
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Words with an opposite meaning
relaxed
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