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swamp

swamp

182 1.9
A low wet area with trees and plants that is often flooded
  • noun
  • /swɑmp/
: pantano
  • Some of the shrubs are black chokeberry, blue huckleberry, silky willow, swamp azalea, and sweet gale.
  • swamps and marshes
  • mangrove swamps
  • peat swamp

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Examples

  • She thinks the swamp is haunted.

  • You know the one about the Louisiana swamp?

  • Some of them grow down near the swamp, and I must have an escort.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • So when I go to a swamp, it smells of eggs.

  • It's daylight in the swamp.

  • Oh cool, we decided to try to walk through the swamp barefoot.

  • After several months, they finally found islands in the swamp's interior.

  • And we go ashore into the swamps of Florida.

  • Nearly five thousand Georgia soldiers were slogging through the Florida swamps and on alert near the state's southern border.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The alligator glided silently through the murky waters of the swamp, searching for its next meal.

Synonyms

marsh
vsswamp
59 2.6

A low, wet area with grasses and reeds near water

has woody plants and seasonal flooding rather than mainly grasses
wetland
vsswamp
53 3.5

An area of land that is always or sometimes wet and has water plants and animals

is a specific low area with woody plants usually flooded part of the year
bog
vsswamp
30 4.9

A wet, soft area of ground with dead plants

is more waterlogged with woody plants and seasonal flooding
marshland
vsswamp
8 3.9

Low wet land with grass near rivers or lakes

is similar but typically features woody plants rather than grasses
swampland
vsswamp
6 3.8

Low land that often floods and has trees and bushes

is about waterlogged low land usually flooded part of the year
peat bog
vsswamp
1 6.3

A wet, spongy area of land made of dead plants used as fuel

has woody plants and seasonal flooding rather than deep fuel rich decomposed layers
peatland
vsswamp
1 5.8

An area of wet land with a thick layer of old plant material that holds water

has woody plants and seasonal flooding rather than thick decomposed plant layers
everglade
vsswamp
1 4.8

A large low wet area with thick plants and water

is any low waterlogged area often flooded part of the year
bogland
vsswamp
  • UK
1 6.1

Wet, spongy land with moss and peat where plants and animals live

has woody plants and better drainage rather than spongy mossy ground

Antonyms

726 1.3

A large dry area with very little rain and few plants

27 1.0

The solid ground on Earth that is not under the sea

Idioms

To remove corruption and waste from a government or company

Compounds

4 5.8

A gas that forms when plants rot in wet places like marshes

fever swamp
  • Informal
1 9.9

A confused situation full of rumours and wrong information

swamp fever
  • Specialized
1 8.1

An infection people get from animals that causes fever and yellow skin

A large swamp in southeast Georgia and northeast Florida that is home to many wild animals

1 6.5

A small bird with reddish brown wings that lives and sings in marshes

1 7.4

A large North American tree that grows in wet soil and is used for its wood or colorful leaves

1 6.2

A tree growing where the ground is often wet with five-lobed leaves that turn red or yellow in autumn

swamp gum
  • Australian
1 9.5

A medium-sized tree from southern Australia that grows in damp or swampy places

1 7.7

A plant that grows in wet places with thin stems and small white flowers

1 8.0

A large vehicle with big wheels and a raised body that goes across wet, muddy land

swamp cypress
  • Specialized
1 7.7

A tree that has cones and a swollen base that grows in southern US swamps

1 7.4

A yellow wildflower with narrow leaves that grows in wet places like bogs and marshes

1 8.1

A large tree that grows in wet soil and has strong wood and leaves with shallow lobes

1 4.6

A plant that grows in soft wet ground near water, like cattails

1 8.6

A plant that grows in wet places with clusters of pink or white flowers

1 6.9

A small tree or shrub with narrow leaves that grows near lakes and rivers

1 8.6

A small tree or bush with white flowers that smell nice and grows in swamps

1 8.1

A large rabbit that lives in marshes and swims well in the southeastern United States

1 5.7

A tree that grows in wet, marshy ground and often gives wood for building

1 8.6

A bush that loses its leaves and grows in eastern United States swamps with small pink or white flowers

swamp candles
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A plant with tall yellow flower spikes that grows in wet marshes

1 6.4

A tall bush that grows in wet ground and makes dark blue berries you can eat in eastern North America

swamp dewberry
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A bristly trailing plant with small black berries like a blackberry that grows in wet places

1 9.3

A bush with large pink flowers that grows in salt marshes

1 8.1

A birch tree from the western United States with brownish bark that grows in wetlands

swamp chestnut oak
  • Specialized
1 6.6

A medium to large tree with big leaves that grows in wet areas of the southeastern United States

swamp cottonwood
  • Specialized
1 7.9

A tall tree with large round leaves that grows in wet places

swamp oak
  • Australian
1 9.9

A small leafless Australian shrub with small yellow flowers that grows in wet places

mountain swamp gum
  • Australian
1 9.9

A medium-sized eucalyptus tree that grows in swampy mountain areas in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia

A shrub that grows in wet ground and has small white or pink flowers

1 8.6

A small tree or bush that grows in wet, swampy places in the United States

A large tree with a thick trunk that grows near rivers and lakes in central Mexico

Wood from large trees that grow near rivers in Mexico used for furniture and boats

7.5

A tree from the southern United States with light wood used for furniture and guitars

A low spiny bush that grows in wet ground and has small black berries you can eat

swamp candleberry
  • Specialized
9.9

A bush with grey-green waxy berries that smell nice

swamp cypress
  • Specialized
7.4

Wood from trees with swollen bases that grow in southern US swamps and that people use to make furniture

9.8

A tree from the eastern United States with 7 or 9 leaflets and thin, very bitter nuts

A tall green plant with hollow stems that grows in marshes

swamp fly honeysuckle
  • Specialized
8.8

A bush that grows in wet swamp areas and has small berries

7.4

A rabbit that lives in swampy lowlands in the southeastern United States

9.9

A tree that grows in southern swamps with short oval pods and strong dark wood

7.4

A tree that grows in wet places like rivers and marshes with large rounded leaves and brown bark

8.5

A large North American tree with deep lobed leaves that grows in wet lowlands

A tall plant with large rose-colored flowers that grows in salt marshes

How Wet

bog
30 4.9
swamp
182 1.9
marsh
59 2.6

Surface Forms

swamp singular
swamps plural

Etymology

Swamp comes from an old English word swamm that meant 'bog' or 'marsh'. A swamp is wet, soft land that holds water and can make you stuck, which is why the word names that low, waterlogged place.