Entry Word: swamp

Function: noun

Meaning: spongy land saturated or partially covered with water <be careful in the swamp, because alligators sometimes lurk there>

Synonyms bog, fen, marsh, marshland, mire, morass, muskeg, slough (also slue), swampland

Related Words quagmire; muck, mud, ooze, slime, slop, sludge, slush