Synonyms for mire

Most common

bog · slough · quagmire · morass · slop

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

Verb

Definitions

1. n. 1

   A bog or fen; (in wetland science, specifically) a peatland which is actively forming peat, such as an active bog or fen.

2. n. 2

   Deep mud; moist, spongy earth.

3. v. 1

   To cause or permit to become stuck in mud; to plunge or fix in mud.

4. v. 2

   To sink into mud.

Related words

Word family

miry

Is a kind of

wetland

Forms

Plural

mires → quagmires, morasses, bogs, sloughs…

Past participle

mired
e.g. mired → mudded, mucked, slimed, sludged…

Example sentences

• bog The skyscraper is expected to sink into the bog.
• slough The town Slough has a very suitable name.
• quagmire The rain turned the road into a quagmire.
• morass The morass of regulations is delaying the project.

Popularity over time

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

By length

3 letters

mud¹, bog¹, fen¹

4 letters

moor¹, muck¹, ooze¹, slop¹, quag

5 letters

marsh¹, swamp¹, slack¹, muddy², slime¹

6 letters

sludge¹, slough¹, callow², morass², enmire, bemire

8 letters

quagmire³, entangle³, peatland

10 letters

complicate³

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

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