Synonyms for moor
- noun
- verb
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light (and usually acidic) soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath. (Compare bog, peatland, marsh, swamp, fen.)
In her girlish age, she kept sheep on the moor.
- v. 1
To cast anchor or become fastened.
The vessel moored in the stream.
- v. 2
To fix or secure (e.g. a vessel) in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with ropes, cables or chains or the like.
They moored the boat to the wharf.
Example sentences
- marsh Sami wanted to dump Layla's body in the marsh.
- bog The skyscraper is expected to sink into the bog.
- moorland Heather is a dominant plant in most moorland in Europe.
By length
- 3 letters
- bog1, fen1
- 4 letters
- mire1
- 5 letters
- plain1, marsh1, heath1, swamp1, wharf1, berth1
- 6 letters
- secure2, slough1, tether2, fasten2, callow2, morass2
- 7 letters
- lowland2
- 8 letters
- quagmire3, moorland2
- 9 letters
- marshland2
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (secure2 = 2 syllables).