SLOUGHS Synonyms: 90 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

variants also slews or slues

plural of slough

as in marshes

spongy land saturated or partially covered with water the land for miles around the lake is strewn with ponds, sloughs, and mudflats

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sloughs

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verb (1)

present tense third-person singular of slough

as in shuffles

to move heavily or clumsily the unpleasant task of sloughing through the muck to retrieve the ball

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sloughs

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verb (2)

variants also sluffs

present tense third-person singular of slough

as in sheds

to cast (a natural bodily covering or appendage) aside the snake is sloughing its old skin

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Recent Examples of sloughs

Noun

Any niche status went out the window years ago, as slews of more casual runners opt into the marathon experience. —

Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 30 Apr. 2026 Hyperia then automatically slews to the target and performs an operation called astrometry – measuring the precise positions of stars to double-check its accuracy. —

New Atlas, 26 Jan. 2026 Everglades views The Everglades’ beauty lies in scale and stillness, with mirrorlike sloughs and cypress domes rising from shallow water. —

Jesse Scott, AFAR Media, 23 Jan. 2026 Explore a white-sand beach and the sinks, swales, and sloughs found within the 2,500-acre Suwannee River Water Management District. —

Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 5 Jan. 2026 They are found in a wide variety of habitats but prefer oak-cabbage palm hammocks, freshwater marshes and sloughs, pine flatwoods, and more open agricultural areas. —

Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025 If something happens to the water, land or the sloughs that hold the wild rice beds, the tribe has nowhere else to go, Tsosie explained. —

Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 13 Aug. 2025 Find a general area where ducks seem to be frequenting and then mark the public sloughs and potholes that can’t be seen from the road. —

Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 6 Aug. 2025

Verb

Their body care kit gets to the root of smooth skin with a trio of products including a pre-sluff bar that rids it of lotions and oils, a washable textured mitt that sloughs off dead cells and a eucalyptus-scented body lotion that loads it with hydration while making your bathroom smell like a spa. —

Jackie Fields, PEOPLE, 1 June 2026 Though more popular for your skin, when applied to your scalp and strands, the ingredient sloughs off buildup, soothes irritation, reduces dandruff, and controls oil production. —

Tamim Alnuweiri, InStyle, 29 May 2026 Lactic acid is an alpha-hydroxy acid, which gently sloughs away dead skin cells to reveal softer, smoother skin. —

Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026 The stand collar is ideal for keeping the chill out, too, while a water-resistant fabric sloughs off rain and snow with ease. —

Michelle Tchea, Travel + Leisure, 12 Jan. 2026 This option by Neogen utilizes a three layer design, part of which is from 100% cotton mesh, that manually sloughs away dead skin cells. —

Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2025

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Noun

Walleye anglers should also try using frogs as bait in autumn, near places where marshes join the main lake.

— Chad Mason, Outdoor Life, 3 June 2026
Their natural habitat is near ponds, marshes, rivers, and lakes.

— Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 31 May 2026