Synonyms of marshlands

marshlands

noun

plural of marshland

as in marshes

spongy land saturated or partially covered with water

grasses, sedges, and rushes are the plant species most commonly found in marshlands

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of marshlands

As the Coast Starlight approaches the Bay Area, the train glides past marshlands, open water, and distant city skylines before continuing toward California’s Central Coast. — Abby Price, Travel + Leisure, 4 July 2026

Living in a very unpopulated little area of the rural French marshlands, Thomas (Bastien Bouillon), his wife Nora (Hafsia Herzi) and their young daughter Ida (Tawba El Gharchi) go about their daily routine. — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 22 May 2026

Along the way, visitors are treated to views of marshlands, rolling dunes, and the open ocean. — Abby Price, Southern Living, 27 Apr. 2026

The goal is to restore some of the biodiversity that disappeared when the river's natural marshlands were replaced by seawalls and development. — Jacob Wycoff, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026

The Gilbert family prodded the authorities to continue searching for Shannan Gilbert, and on December 13, 2011, her remains were found in the Oak Beach marshlands. — Laura Payne, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Apr. 2026

Then there’s the cluster of mammoth, blue holding tanks that loom above the surrounding marshlands downstream from Savannah’s historic downtown. — Adam Van Brimmer, AJC.com, 20 Mar. 2026

The protagonist is a nine-year-old girl named Lamia (Baneen Ahmad Nayyef), who lives with her grandmother (Waheed Thabet Khreibat), in a mudhif, a house of twisted reeds, in Iraq’s southern marshlands. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2026

Consider the Wildland Trust Trails in Plymouth for flatter hikes through and past marshlands and other coastal sites. — Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 1 Feb. 2026