Synonyms for boggy
- adjective
Most common
Definitions
- adj. 1
Having the qualities of a bog; i.e. dank, squishy, muddy, and full of water and rotting vegetation.
The edge of the woods led out onto a noisome, boggy fen, a paradise for mosquitos and small frogs.
Example sentences
- wet Wet and stormy areas will get wetter and stormier.
- swampy Swampy land is no use for building purposes.
- marshy Gabriel made his way through the dense marshy area.
- waterlogged The ground was waterlogged after several days of rain.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| boggy | steady | |
| wet | steady | |
| swampy | falling | |
| marshy | falling | |
| waterlogged | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- wet1
- 4 letters
- miry
- 5 letters
- muddy2, soggy2, mucky2, fenny, moory, spewy
- 6 letters
- sloppy2, swampy2, marshy2, marish2, quaggy
- 7 letters
- moorish2, squashy2, sloughy, boggish, paludal
- 8 letters
- swampish
- 9 letters
- uliginous, palustral
- 11 letters
- waterlogged3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (muddy2 = 2 syllables).