swamped
Drowning in tasks
Swamped means overwhelmed or flooded, from the image of a boat taking on water.
Most often it describes being buried under work or obligations: I can't meet for lunch—I'm completely swamped this week.
A business can be swamped with orders, a phone line swamped with calls.
The word conveys being so overloaded that you're barely staying afloat.
Burdened past capacity
- overburdenedCarrying more than manageable
- drowningDeath by water inhalation
- buriedPlaced beneath earth
- inundatedOverwhelmed by quantity
besieged · overcome · underwater · behind · backlogged · slammed · crushed · maxed-out
Overwhelmed by quantity
- delugedOverwhelmed by abundance
- submergedBelow water's surface
- underwaterBelow the surface
- overflowExceed capacity and spill
waterlogged · drenched · soaked · awash · floodwaters · levee · sandbag · washed-out
overloaded
Burdened past capacity
- overburdenedCarrying more than manageable
- drowningDeath by water inhalation
- buriedPlaced beneath earth
inundated · besieged · overcome · underwater · behind · backlogged · slammed · crushed · maxed-out · flooded
inundated
Overwhelmed by quantity
- delugedOverwhelmed by abundance
- submergedBelow water's surface
- underwaterBelow the surface
overflow · waterlogged · drenched · soaked · awash · floodwaters · levee · sandbag · washed-out · evacuate
hectic
Intensely busy, almost overwhelming
- slammedClosed with violent force
- buriedPlaced beneath earth
- overworkedLaboring beyond healthy limits
deadline · crunch · nonstop · frantic · juggling · overtime · workload · backlog · understaffed · demanding
marsh
Grassy waterlogged lowland
bayou · fen · wetland · slough · morass · muskeg · moorland · marshland · peat · sedge
- floodsflood damage, flood warning, deluge, flood warnings, flash floods
- overloadoverload, overwhelmed, excess, surplus, maxed out
- crowdedcrowded, jam-packed, packed like sardines, crammed, jammed
- excessexcess, too much, excessive, excessiveness, overabundance
- moisturemoisture, humidity, dampness, wetness, wet
- Work Intensitybusy, demanding, heavy, intense, grueling
swampedidle
Without activity or purpose
free · unoccupied · available · at leisure · unburdened
swampedin control
Managing with authority
manageable · caught up · ahead of schedule · unbothered · coasting
- swamp coolerMoisture-based air cooling device
- drained the swampEliminated systemic corruption
- swamp gasMethane from decomposing wetlands
- southern swamps
- drain the swampEliminate systemic corruption
- swamp monsterFictional wetland horror