swamp
English Thesaurus
1. low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog (noun.object)
| hypernym | : | wetland, |
| definition | : | a low area where the land is saturated with water (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | slough, |
| definition | : | a stagnant swamp (especially as part of a bayou) (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | everglades, |
| definition | : | a large subtropical swamp in southern Florida that is noted for its wildlife (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | okefenokee swamp, |
| definition | : | a large swampy area of northeast Florida and southeast Georgia (noun.object) |
2. a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables (noun.state)
| hypernym | : | situation, |
| definition | : | a complex or critical or unusual difficulty (noun.state) |
3. fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid (verb.contact)
4. drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged (verb.weather)
| hypernym | : | flood, |
| definition | : | cover with liquid, usually water (verb.change) |
5. low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog (noun.object)
| derivation | : | drench, swamp, |
| definition | : | drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged (verb.weather) |
| derivation | : | boggy, marshy, miry, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloppy, sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, waterlogged, |
| definition | : | (of soil) soft and watery (adj.all) |
6. fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid (verb.contact)
| also | : | flood in, |
| definition | : | arrive in great numbers (verb.motion) |
| derivation | : | flooding, implosion therapy, |
| definition | : | a technique used in behavior therapy; client is flooded with experiences of a particular kind until becoming either averse to them or numbed to them (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | flood, flowage, |
| definition | : | the act of flooding; filling to overflowing (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | alluvion, deluge, flood, inundation, |
| definition | : | the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land (noun.phenomenon) |
7. drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged (verb.weather)
| derivation | : | swamp, swampland, |
| definition | : | low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog (noun.object) |
8. low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog (noun.object)
| derivation | : | drench, swamp, |
| definition | : | drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged (verb.weather) |
| derivation | : | boggy, marshy, miry, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloppy, sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, waterlogged, |
| definition | : | (of soil) soft and watery (adj.all) |
9. fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid (verb.contact)
| also | : | flood in, |
| definition | : | arrive in great numbers (verb.motion) |
| derivation | : | flooding, implosion therapy, |
| definition | : | a technique used in behavior therapy; client is flooded with experiences of a particular kind until becoming either averse to them or numbed to them (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | flood, flowage, |
| definition | : | the act of flooding; filling to overflowing (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | alluvion, deluge, flood, inundation, |
| definition | : | the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land (noun.phenomenon) |
10. drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged (verb.weather)
| derivation | : | swamp, swampland, |
| definition | : | low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog (noun.object) |
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