Synonyms of marshes

marshes

noun

plural of marsh

as in wetlands

spongy land saturated or partially covered with water

the marshes along the coast support a remarkable profusion of plants and animals

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of marshes

There’s also mix of vegetation and freshwater marshes near the beating heart of the city. — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2026

Much of Corona, Flushing, Elmhurst, and East Elmhurst were built on low-lying marshes and meadows along the once four-mile-long Flushing River. — Len Maniace, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026

Cape Cod National Seashore, Massachusetts The marshes and scenic shorelines of Cape Cod offer more than a summer hangout. — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 6 Aug. 2026

During this time, bogs, marshes, and other wetlands, historically seen as disease-ridden and deleterious to human health, were reevaluated by scientists and conservationists as valuable wildlife habitats. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 July 2026

When the boat leaves the shallow saw grass marshes for a 90-foot-deep natural sinkhole called Gator Lake, get your camera ready. — Tracey Teo, AJC.com, 23 July 2026

Situated between busier coastal destinations this idyllic town and its marshes will immediately transport you back to your early carefree days playing in creeks, digging in pluff mud, catching crawfish, and tossing cast nets. — Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 16 July 2026

The couple fell ill in a Medici villa in Poggio a Caiano, near Florence, an area dotted with marshes and rice fields — ideal habitats for mosquitoes that can carry malaria. — Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 15 July 2026

Found over the eastern half of the state in swamps and sluggish waterways, coastal marshes, rivers, ponds and streams. — Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 6 July 2026