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Swamp

/swɒmp/

A piece of wet, spongy land; low ground saturated with water; soft, wet ground which may have a growth of certain kinds of trees, but is unfit for agricultural or pastoral purposes.

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📖 Definitions of "Swamp"

noun

1
A piece of wet, spongy land; low ground saturated with water; soft, wet ground which may have a growth of certain kinds of trees, but is unfit for agricultural or pastoral purposes.
2
A type of wetland that stretches for vast distances, and is home to many creatures which have adapted specifically to that environment.
3
A place or situation that is foul or where progress is difficult.

verb

1
To drench or fill with water.
"The boat was swamped in the storm."
2
To overwhelm; to make too busy, or overrun the capacity of.
"I have been swamped with paperwork ever since they started using the new system."
3
To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck.

🔄 Synonyms of "Swamp"

4 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
floodnoun	An overflow of a large amount of water (usually disastrous) from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.
inundateverb	To overwhelm.
drenchverb	(transitive) To make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it; to saturate, to soak; also (archaic), to make (someone or something) completely wet by immersing in water or some other liquid; to soak, to steep.
delugenoun	A great flood or rain.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Swamp"

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Word	Definition
floodnoun	An overflow of a large amount of water (usually disastrous) from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.
delugenoun	A great flood or rain.
inundateverb	To overwhelm.
drenchverb	(transitive) To make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it; to saturate, to soak; also (archaic), to make (someone or something) completely wet by immersing in water or some other liquid; to soak, to steep.
wetlandnoun	(usually in the plural) Land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas.
fennoun	A type of wetland fed by ground water and runoff, containing peat below the waterline, characteristically alkaline.
bayounoun	A swamp; a marshy (stagnant) body of water.
bognoun	(UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, slang) A place to defecate: originally specifically a latrine or outhouse but now used for any toilet.
pondnoun	An inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake.
muskegnoun	(Canada) A terrain composed of peat bog with tussocky meadow and woody vegetation including spruce.
marshnoun	An area of low, wet land, often with tall grass or herbaceous plants. (Compare swamp, bog, fen, morass.)
cesspoolnoun	An underground pit where sewage is held.
morassnoun	A tract of soft, wet ground; a marsh; a fen.
boggy	Having the qualities of a bog; i.e. dank, squishy, muddy, and full of water and rotting vegetation.
marshlandnoun	Marshy land; bog or fen.
marshy	Of, or resembling a marsh; boggy.
sewernoun	A pipe or channel, or system of pipes or channels, used to remove human waste and to provide drainage.
quagmirenoun	(figuratively) A perilous, mixed up and troubled situation; a hopeless tangle.
swampy	Soggy and marshy; wet like a swamp.
mirenoun	An undesirable situation; a predicament.