Synonyms of moors

moors 1 of 2

noun

plural of moor

1

as in plains

a broad area of level or rolling treeless country

as she wanders the windswept moor, the novel's heroine vows that she will never marry the vicar

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plains
• prairies
• steppes
• grasslands
• savannas
• meadows
• pampas
• heaths
• downs
• llanos
• tundras
• fields
• leas
• velds
• campos
• lowlands
• champaigns
• uplands
• flats
• plateaus
• bottomlands
• floodplains
• tablelands
• tables
• bottoms

2

as in marshes

spongy land saturated or partially covered with water

a mysterious figure who was said to have haunted the moors of southwest England

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

moors

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of moor

as in fastens

to put securely in place or in a desired position

moored the boat to the dock

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fastens
• secures
• anchors
• clamps
• catches
• hitches
• sets
• fixes
• lodges
• wedges
• stuffs
• implants
• embeds
• entrenches
• ingrains

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• looses
• loosens
• unfastens
• prizes
• extracts
• tears (out)
• pulls
• yanks
• unfixes
• unlooses
• roots (out)
• unloosens
• uproots
• pries
• wrests

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of moors

Noun

Teresa as a character, this image of troubled woman walking around moors with wind in her hair and in her black dress, was really strong in my head for many years. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2026

Shorebirds feed at the lochs’ edges, and upland raptors soar over the moors. — Alexandra Marvar, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026

Everything about this verdant, bucolic space is antithetical to the fog, fire, and wide-open, sprawling moors that have so far dominated the movie. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 26 June 2026

As do the moors that stretch behind the parsonage. — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 26 June 2026

But then, yeah, there’s the tweed jacket, elbow patches, the cabin on the moors. — Longreads, 26 May 2026

Six audibly groans, like the cyhyraeth echoing on the moors. — Literary Hub, 21 May 2026

There, ladies and gentlemen rode the moors, shot pigeons, and did other wildly romantic activities for an imaginative eleven-year-old. — Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 21 Apr. 2026

The story centers on genius detective Holmes’ investigation into the deaths of members of the Baskerville family, supposedly at the hands of a demonic hound that walks the moors. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 16 Apr. 2026