Synonyms of bogs

bogs 1 of 2

noun (1)

plural of bog

as in marshes

spongy land saturated or partially covered with water

got a shoe stuck in the bog

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

bogs

2 of 2

noun (2)

plural of bog, British

as in bathrooms

a room furnished with a fixture for flushing body waste

they're out of paper in the bog again

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bathrooms
• restrooms
• toilets
• baths
• lavatories
• loos
• water closets
• washrooms
• latrines
• cloakrooms
• cans
• potties
• johns
• comfort stations
• heads
• conveniences
• outhouses
• commodes
• pots
• privies
• pans
• jakes
• half baths
• powder rooms
• ladies
• garderobes
• men's rooms
• ladies' rooms

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bogs

Noun

Most such bogs have been drained for cropland, and several European governments are wondering whether to revive them, Politico reported. —Tasneem Nashrulla, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2025

Croatan spans 160,000 acres and includes pine forests, saltwater estuaries, bogs, and raised swamps. —Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2025

The wild west of Ireland reveals sea cliffs like Slieve League, hushed peat bogs, and winding roads threading through Connemara’s granite hills and glassy lakes. —Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025

Goldie loved the even more subtle cryptotephra, the sly tephra fallout from many thousands of years ago, doubly elusive when hidden under layers of sediment, as in the bogs, lake beds, or ponds that filled extinct volcanic craters. —Annie Proulx, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2025