Synonyms for fenny

Most common

swampy · marshy · boggy · miry

All synonyms

Adjective

Definitions

1. adj. 1

   Characteristic of or resembling a fen (“characteristically alkaline wetland containing peat below the waterline”); marshy, swampy; also, of land: containing a fen or fens.

Related words

Other spellings

fennie

Example sentences

• swampy Swampy land is no use for building purposes.
• marshy Gabriel made his way through the dense marshy area.
• boggy Groningen used to be very boggy.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters

miry

5 letters

muddy², boggy

6 letters

swampy², marshy², marish², quaggy

7 letters

fennish, paludal, fenlike, sloughy

9 letters

uliginous

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (muddy² = 2 syllables).