Synonyms of morasses

morasses

noun

plural of morass

1

as in quicksands

something that catches and holds

advised against becoming involved in that country's civil war, warning that escape from that morass might prove nigh impossible

Synonyms & Similar Words

• quicksands
• quagmires
• tangles
• labyrinths
• traps
• entanglements
• toils
• mazes
• webs
• snares
• meshes
• nets
• nooses
• tanglements
• snarls
• cobwebs
• knots
• spiderwebs
• cat's cradles

2

as in swamps

spongy land saturated or partially covered with water

the distracted driver had driven his car off the road and into a morass

Synonyms & Similar Words

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