Definitions

swamp

[swomp] / swɒmp /

NOUN

wet land covered with vegetation

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bog marshland morass mud quagmire

STRONG

bottoms fen glade marsh mire moor polder quag slough swale swampland

WEAK

everglade holm muskeg peat bog

VERB

overwhelm, flood

Synonyms

STRONGEST

beset besiege drench drown engulf inundate overcrowd overflow overload saturate sink submerge wash

STRONG

crowd satiate snow submerse surfeit upset whelm

WEAK

swallow up waterlog

Example Sentences

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I speak, of course, of a sweaty $150 World Cup train ride from Manhattan…to the Meadowlands swamp.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

It should have been called swamp or something like that…trench.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026

Troops found the submarine in a mangrove swamp in the Cayapas–Mataje nature reserve.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

It is bordered by vast swamp forests and largely undisturbed lowland rainforest growing atop deep peat deposits.

From Science Daily • Feb. 24, 2026

They rarely ventured into the water near the village, preferring to stay in the area near the swamp, so only the foolhardy were at risk of being dragged into the Sogozha’s depths.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack

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Physical Geography - Introductory

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