Synonyms of swamplands

swamplands

noun

plural of swampland

as in marshes

spongy land saturated or partially covered with water

much of the county's swampland was drained for agriculture

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of swamplands

Across state and federal lands, accommodations designated for Black Americans were routinely and nakedly inferior, relegated to remote, underdeveloped parcels or mosquito-prone swamplands. — Kimmie Gordon, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026

Congo Basin, Central Africa Tropical rain forests and swamplands blanket Central Africa’s Congo Basin, which spans six countries, including the Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, and Gabon. — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 21 Aug. 2026

As with her earlier work, ecotourism will be a crucial component of conserving these feral swamplands and dry tropical forests at the heart of South America. — The Editors, Outside, 18 Mar. 2026

In the 1950s, land reclamation transformed former swamplands and a typhoon shelter into today’s Victoria Park and Causeway Bay. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Feb. 2026

The pic centers on a group of holidaymakers who must fight for their lives against a rampaging hippo after becoming lost in the Louisiana swamplands. — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 10 Feb. 2026

In the swamplands of Florida there sits a forcefield that formed after a meteor hit the area. — Ilana Gordon, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Dec. 2025

Temperatures will dip below freezing in parts of all Lower 48 states, including Florida’s subtropical regions, Louisiana’s swamplands and the mountains of California. — Brandi D. Addison, Cincinnati Enquirer, 8 Nov. 2025

The song centers on a potential lover intent on enticing someone who found big cities in California and New York underwhelming to try out the sights of moonlit cypress trees in Louisiana, with its swamplands and sounds of Zydeco. — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 11 Aug. 2025