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

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

Chaney’s is the only other singing voice to appear in the film, performing the soul-stirring melody as Cathy (Margot Robbie) crosses the moors to wed her future husband, Edgar (Shazad Latif), all while pining for her best friend and true love, Heathcliff (Jacob Elordi). — Arushi Jacob, Variety, 26 Feb. 2026

While much of the new movie’s filming took place around the Yorkshire Dales National Park in North Yorkshire, the moors that inspired Emily Brontë’s original novel are located around the village of Haworth in the west of the county. — Nicola Chilton, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Feb. 2026