Synonyms for quagmire
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Morass — A swampy, soggy area of ground
morass, mire, bog, swamp, marsh, marshland, slough, moor, fen, slack, wash, quag dated
2. Predicament — A perilous, mixed up and troubled situation; a hopeless tangle
predicament, dilemma, sticky wicket, hole, plight, fix, tight spot, jam, pickle, spot, bind, pinch, quandary, scrape
Other
cluster fuck, goatfuck slang
Definitions
- n. 1
A swampy, soggy area of ground.
That quagmire regularly ‘swallows’ caught-up hikers’ boots
- n. 2
A perilous, mixed up and troubled situation; a hopeless tangle.
The paperwork got lost in a quagmire of bureaucracy.
Related words
- Other spellings
- quadmire quawmire
Forms
- Plural
- quagmires → morasses, mires, bogs, swamps…
Example sentences
- swamp The mango tree at the taro swamp is full of fruit.
- bog The skyscraper is expected to sink into the bog.
- morass The morass of regulations is delaying the project.
- dilemma A moral dilemma can test a person’s true character.
- predicament This is a fine predicament you've gotten us into.
By length
- 3 letters
- fix1, jam1, bog1, fen1
- 4 letters
- spot1, hole1, wash1, bind1, moor1, mire1, quag
- 5 letters
- marsh1, swamp1, pinch1, slack1
- 6 letters
- plight1, pickle2, scrape1, slough1, morass2
- 7 letters
- dilemma3
- 8 letters
- quandary3, goatfuck
- 9 letters
- marshland2
- 11 letters
- predicament4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (pickle2 = 2 syllables).