Need another word that means the same as “marsh”? Find 16 synonyms and 30 related words for “marsh” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Marsh” are: fen, fenland, marshland, reginald marsh, ngaio marsh, swamp, bog, peat bog, swampland, morass, mire, quagmire, quag, slough, wetland, sump
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “marsh” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| bog | Wetland with acid peaty soil, typically dominated by peat moss. A bog of legal complications. |
| fen | 100 fen equal 1 yuan in China. 55 acres of fen. |
| fenland | The Fens of eastern England. Thousands of acres of fenland. |
| marshland | Low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water. Thousands of acres of marshland. |
| mire | A soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot. Caught in the mire of poverty. |
| morass | An area of muddy or boggy ground. In midwinter the track beneath this bridge became a muddy morass. |
| ngaio marsh | United States painter (1898-1954. |
| peat bog | Partially carbonized vegetable matter saturated with water; can be used as a fuel when dried. |
| quag | A soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot. |
| quagmire | A soft boggy area of land that gives way underfoot. A legal quagmire. |
| reginald marsh | New Zealand writer of detective stories (1899-1982. |
| slough | A hollow filled with mud. The economic slough of the interwar years. |
| sump | A cesspool. |
| swamp | An area of low-lying, uncultivated ground where water collects; a bog or marsh. The ceaseless deluge had turned the lawn into a swamp. |
| swampland | Land consisting of swamps. Many had trekked through swampland to reach the border. |
| wetland | A low area where the land is saturated with water. The draining of British wetlands. |
| arroyo | A stream or brook. |
| bog | Be or become stuck in mud or wet ground. The vote would bog down the house. |
| canyon | A ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall. The Grand Canyon. |
| clay | A hardened clay surface for a tennis court. A clay tile. |
| cypress | A cypress tree or branches from it as a symbol of mourning. |
| damp | Damp air or atmosphere. She tried to damp down her feelings of despair. |
| dank | Unpleasantly cool and humid. Huge dank caverns. |
| delta | The 4th letter of the Greek alphabet. There s a delta between perception and reality. |
| foothill | A relatively low hill on the lower slope of a mountain. The camp lies in the foothills of the Andes. |
| impassable | Incapable of being passed. The narrow channels are impassable to ocean going ships. |
| marshland | Land consisting of marshes. Marshland landscapes. |
| marshy | Characteristic of or resembling a marsh; waterlogged. A marshy coastline. |
| mire | Cause to get stuck as if in a mire. The mud mired our cart. |
| morass | An area of muddy or boggy ground. She would become lost in a morass of lies and explanations. |
| mud | Soil with mud muck or mire. The two sides took over the local media to throw mud at each other. |
| quagmire | An awkward, complex, or hazardous situation. Torrential rain turned the building site into a quagmire. |
| quicksand | A pit filled with loose wet sand into which objects are sucked down. It s best to travel with a local as there are quicksands. |
| ravine | A deep, narrow gorge with steep sides. |
| riparian | Of or relating to or located on the banks of a river or stream. All the riparian states must sign an agreement. |
| shoal | Of fish form shoals. Shoals of people were coming up the drive. |
| slough | Cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers. The economic slough of the interwar years. |
| sludge | The precipitate produced by sewage treatment. A sludge green. |
| soggy | Dull and lifeless. We squelched through the soggy ground. |
| splashing | The act of splashing a liquid substance on a surface. |
| swamp | Low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog. He was trapped in a medical swamp. |
| swampy | Characteristic of or resembling a swamp. Swampy bayous. |
| vale | A valley (used in place names or as a poetic term. The Vale of Glamorgan. |
| valley | A low area of land between hills or mountains, typically with a river or stream flowing through it. The valley floor. |
| wet | Wetness caused by water. A wet bathing suit. |
| wetland | A low area where the land is saturated with water. Wetland habitats. |
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