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marshland

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of marshland

spongy land saturated or partially covered with water

  • grasses, sedges, and rushes are the plant species most commonly found in marshlands
Synonyms of marshland

bog, fen, marsh, mire, moor, morass, muskeg, slough (also slew), swamp, swampland, wash, wetland
Words Related to marshland

swale

quagmire

guck (or gook), muck, mud, ooze, slime, slop, sludge, slush

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