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swamp

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of swamp

1 to cover with a flood
  • The boat was swamped by the huge wave.
  • Sue has been swamped with paperwork since she returned from vacation.
Synonyms of swamp

deluge, drown, engulf, flood, gulf, inundate, overflow, overwhelm, submerge, submerse
Words Related to swamp

avalanche, smother

overcome, overrun

flow, flush, gush, pour, sluice, spout, spurt, stream

douse (also dowse), drench, soak, wet
Near Antonyms of swamp

dehydrate, dry, parch
Antonyms of swamp

drain
2 to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress
  • parents feeling swamped by work and family obligations
Synonyms of swamp

crush, devastate, floor, grind (down), oppress, overcome, overpower, overwhelm, prostrate, snow under, whelm
Words Related to swamp

deluge, drown, sink

confute, defeat, refute

break, demoralize, distress, disturb, rock, shatter, stagger, throw, unman, unnerve, upset

swamp

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of swamp

spongy land saturated or partially covered with water
  • You can't build there because the area is mostly swamp.
Synonyms of swamp

bog, fen, marsh, marshland, mire, moor, morass, muskeg, slough (also slew), swampland, wash, wetland
Words Related to swamp

swale

quagmire

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