Synonyms for swamp

Most common

marsh · morass · marshland · swampland

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

Verb

Definitions

1. n. 1

   An area of wet (water-saturated), spongy (soft) land, often with trees, generally a rich ecosystem for certain plants and animals but ill-suited for many agricultural purposes. (A type of wetland. Compare marsh, bog, fen.)

   Some small Marshes and Swamps there are, but more profitable than hurtfull.

2. v. 1

   To drench or fill with water.

   The boat was swamped in the storm.

Related words

Word family

swamphen swampish swampland swampy swale

Phrases

swamp gas swamp cooler swamp holly swamp maple swamp oak swamp crocodile swamp cypress swamp gum

Forms

Plural

swamps → bogs, marshes, swamplands, morasses…

Past participle

swamped
e.g. swamped → flooded, inundated, drowned, overwhelmed…

Example sentences

• marsh Sami wanted to dump Layla's body in the marsh.
• morass The morass of regulations is delaying the project.
• marshland The marshland is protected by dykes.

Popularity over time

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

By length

3 letters

bog¹, fen¹

4 letters

wash¹, sink¹, moor¹, mire¹, quag

5 letters

flood¹, marsh¹, drown¹, whelm

6 letters

slough¹, deluge², engulf², callow², morass², drench¹, marish², ingulf

7 letters

immerse²

8 letters

overflow³, quagmire³, submerge², inundate³

9 letters

overwhelm³, marshland², swampland

10 letters

overburden⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (deluge² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

marais

Italiano

palude

Español

marisma

Deutsch

Sumpf

Català

aiguamoll