teems
Overflows with life
Teems means overflows or swarms with something, usually living things in great numbers: The river teems with fish, The city teems with tourists in summer.
The word conveys abundance to the point of crowding.
Rain teems when it pours heavily.
A teeming place feels packed, bustling, alive with activity.
Exceeding capacity, spilling out
- brimmingFull to the top
- burstingBreaking from internal pressure
- repleteCompletely filled
- awashFlooded or overwhelmed
rife · crawling · swarming · bristling · abounding · alive · flush · full
Six-legged arthropods
- beesWinged pollinators
- antsSocial colony insects
- mosquitoesBlood-drinking flying insects
- locustsSwarming crop-destroying grasshoppers
flies · wasps · termites · maggots · larvae · vermin · parasites · critters
overflowing
Exceeding capacity, spilling out
awash · rife · crawling · swarming · bristling · abounding · alive · flush · full · thick
insects
Six-legged arthropods
- beesWinged pollinators
- antsSocial colony insects
- mosquitoesBlood-drinking flying insects
locusts · flies · wasps · termites · maggots · larvae · vermin · parasites · critters · bugs
crowds
Assembled multitudes
shoppers · commuters · pedestrians · vendors · traffic · streets · marketplaces · bazaars · throngs · masses
wildlife
Undomesticated natural organisms
- fishGilled aquatic vertebrate
- organismsIndividual living entities
- microbesMicroscopic living organisms
bacteria · creatures · species · biodiversity · plankton · coral · marine life · fauna · flora · ecosystems