marshes

The word “marshes” has 2 syllables: marsh-es

It's pronounced as /ˈmɑrʃɪz/


What is synonym and antonym for marshes?

In the thesaurus, “marshes” has 25 synonyms.

Here are synonyms for marshes along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for marshes

  • bogs
  • fens
  • gooks
  • gucks
  • marshlands
  • mires
  • moors
  • morasses
  • muck
  • muds
  • muskegs
  • oozes
  • quagmires
  • slews
  • slimes
  • slop
  • sloughs
  • sludges
  • slues
  • slush
  • swales
  • swamplands
  • swamps
  • washes
  • wetlands

Meanings of marshes

  • noun
    1. An area of low, wet land, often with tall grass.

Example Sentences

  • The explorers carefully navigated through the marshes at dawn.
  • Frogs and other amphibians thrive in the wet marshes.
  • The marshes were teeming with birdlife during the migration season.
  • They set up camp on higher ground to avoid the marshes.
  • Pollution has started to threaten the delicate ecosystem of the marshes.

On this page you'll find 25 synonyms or another words to marshes, such as: bogs, fens, gooks, gucks, marshlands, mires, moors.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

washes

  • agitates
  • asperses
  • bathes
  • beats
  • bedews
  • bedraggles
  • bogs
  • bubbles
  • churns
  • dampens
  • damps
  • deluges
  • dips
  • douches
  • douses
  • dowses
  • drenches
  • dribbles
  • drips
  • drizzles
  • drops
  • drowns
  • ducks
  • dunks
  • eddies
  • engulfs
  • fens
  • flies
  • floods
  • flows
  • flushes
  • gets through
  • goes down
  • goes over
  • goes through
  • gooks
  • gucks
  • guggles
  • gurgles
  • gushes
  • holds up
  • holds water
  • hoses
  • humidifies
  • hydrates
  • impregnates
  • inundates
  • irrigates
  • jets
  • laps
  • laves
  • lips
  • marshes
  • marshlands
  • mires
  • mists
  • moistens
  • moisturizes
  • moors
  • morasses
  • muck
  • muds
  • muskegs
  • oozes
  • overflows
  • paddles
  • passes
  • passes muster
  • plashes
  • plays
  • purls
  • quagmires
  • reels
  • rehydrates
  • rewashes
  • rewets
  • rinses
  • ripples
  • rushes
  • saturates
  • shakes
  • showers
  • slews
  • slimes
  • slop
  • sloshes
  • sloughs
  • sludges
  • slues
  • sluices
  • slush
  • soaks
  • soddens
  • sops
  • souses
  • spews
  • splashes
  • spouts
  • sprinkles
  • spurts
  • squirts
  • stands up
  • steeps
  • stirs
  • streams
  • submerges
  • swales
  • swamplands
  • swamps
  • swashes
  • swirls
  • swishes
  • swooshes
  • takes
  • trickles
  • washes out
  • water-soaks
  • waterlogs
  • waters
  • wetlands
  • wets
  • wets down
  • wheels
  • whips
  • whirls
  • whishes
  • whisks
  • works

fens

  • bogs
  • gooks
  • gucks
  • marshes
  • marshlands
  • mires
  • moors
  • morasses
  • muck
  • muds
  • muskegs
  • oozes
  • quagmires
  • slews
  • slimes
  • slop
  • sloughs
  • sludges
  • slues
  • slush
  • swales
  • swamplands
  • swamps
  • washes
  • wetlands

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