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MUD: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for MUD?

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Need another word that means the same as “mud”? Find 12 synonyms and 30 related words for “mud” in this overview.

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Mud as a Noun
Definitions of "Mud" as a noun
Synonyms of "Mud" as a noun (9 Words)
Usage Examples of "Mud" as a noun
Mud as a Verb
Definitions of "Mud" as a verb
Synonyms of "Mud" as a verb (3 Words)
Associations of "Mud" (30 Words)

The synonyms of “Mud” are: clay, mire, sludge, slush, ooze, silt, gumbo, dirt, soil, muck, muck up

Mud as a Noun

Definitions of "Mud" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “mud” as a noun can have the following definitions:

Water soaked soil; soft wet earth.
Soft, sticky matter resulting from the mixing of earth and water.
Information or allegations regarded as damaging or scandalous.
Slanderous remarks or charges.

Synonyms of "Mud" as a noun (9 Words)

clay	A hardened clay surface for a tennis court. This lifeless clay.
dirt	Excrement. A lawn covered in dog dirt.
gumbo	A French-based patois spoken by some black and Creole people in Louisiana. New Orleans syncopated gumbo.
mire	A difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate yourself from. The country is still trying to climb out of the mire* left by its previous president.*
ooze	The process of seeping. I picked a fruit and watched the ooze* of fig milk from the stem.*
silt	A bed or layer of silt.
sludge	An unattractive muddy shade of brown or green. The dumping of sewage sludge.
slush	Partially melted snow or ice. The slush* of Hollywood s romantic fifties films.*
soil	The territory of a particular nation. Blueberries need very acid soil.

Usage Examples of "Mud" as a noun

The two sides took over the local media to throw mud at each other.
Mud huts.
Ankle deep in mud, we squelched across a meadow.

Mud as a Verb

Definitions of "Mud" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “mud” as a verb can have the following definitions:

Plaster with mud.
Soil with mud, muck, or mire.

Synonyms of "Mud" as a verb (3 Words)

mire	Cause to get stuck as if in a mire. The horse waded through the red mud that mired it to its hocks.
muck	Remove muck clear away muck as in a mine. Half the farm is mucked every year.
muck up	Raise.

Associations of "Mud" (30 Words)

adobe	A brick formed from adobe. Adobe houses.
arroyo	A stream or brook.
bog	The toilet. The island is a wilderness of bog* and loch.*
canyon	A deep gorge, typically one with a river flowing through it, as found in North America. The Grand Canyon.
clay	A hardened clay surface for a tennis court. A clay* tile.*
compost	Treat soil with compost. Peat free composts.
dank	Unpleasantly cool and humid. A dank* cellar.*
deposition	The action of depositing something. A commissioner to take depositions from witnesses.
gypsum	A common white or colorless mineral (hydrated calcium sulphate) used to make cements and plasters (especially plaster of Paris.
impassable	Impossible to travel along or over. The narrow channels are impassable* to ocean going ships.*
loam	A soil with roughly equal proportions of sand, silt, and clay.
marsh	Low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water. The marsh* marigold loves damp fields riverbanks and marshes.*
marshy	Characteristic of or resembling a marsh; waterlogged. A marshy* coastline.*
mire	Soil with mud muck or mire. The economy is mired in its longest recession since the war.
morass	A complicated or confused situation. In midwinter the track beneath this bridge became a muddy morass.
peat	A cut piece of peat. Mulch plants with leaf mould or peat.
plaster	Apply a plaster cast to. Waterproof plasters.
quagmire	A soft boggy area of land that gives way underfoot. Torrential rain turned the building site into a quagmire.
quicksand	Loose wet sand that yields easily to pressure and sucks in anything resting on or falling into it. It s best to travel with a local as there are quicksands.
sand	Sprinkle or overlay with sand to give better purchase on a surface. No one has the sand* to stand against him.*
sandy	Resembling or containing or abounding in sand or growing in sandy areas. Pine woods and a fine sandy* beach.*
sediment	Deposit something as a sediment. The DNA was sedimented by centrifugation.
silt	A bed or layer of silt. The river silted up.
slate	Identify a take in a film using a slate. The teacher was demonstrating the children copying on to slates.
sludge	Any thick, viscous matter. A sludge* green.*
soggy	Soft and watery. The chorus sings powerfully but the interpretation is ultimately soggy.
soil	Make soiled filthy or dirty. Don t soil* your clothes when you play outside.*
splashing	The act of splashing a liquid substance on a surface.
swamp	Overwhelm or flood with water. He was trapped in a medical swamp.
swampy	Characteristic of or resembling a swamp. Swampy bayous.