Synonyms of swamps

swamps 1 of 2

noun

plural of swamp

1

as in marshes

spongy land saturated or partially covered with water

be careful in the swamp, because alligators sometimes lurk there

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

2

as in pickles

a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape

with her credit cards maxed out, and the making of minimum payments a challenge, debt seemed to be an ever-deepening swamp

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pickles
• predicaments
• dilemmas
• holes
• corners
• mires
• quagmires
• binds
• jams
• difficulties
• rabbit holes
• rattraps
• boxes
• impasses
• spots
• kettles of fish
• fixes
• sticky wickets
• crises
• jackpots
• nodes
• plights
• soups
• hot waters
• straits
• troubles
• catch-22's
• crossroads
• quandaries
• emergencies
• scrapes
• standstills
• logjams
• exigencies
• clutches
• deadlocks
• pinches
• halts
• stalemates
• junctures

swamps

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verb

present tense third-person singular of swamp

1

as in floods

to cover with a flood

the boat was swamped by the huge wave

has been swamped with paperwork since she returned from vacation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• floods
• engulfs
• overwhelms
• drowns
• submerges
• inundates
• gulfs
• deluges
• overflows
• flushes
• submerses
• overcomes
• streams
• flows
• avalanches
• sluices
• overruns
• smothers
• spurts
• wets
• gushes
• drenches
• spouts
• soaks
• pours
• douses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• drains
• dries
• dehydrates
• parches

2

as in overwhelms

to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress

parents feeling swamped by work and family obligations

Synonyms & Similar Words

• overwhelms
• devastates
• overcomes
• rocks
• floors
• grinds (down)
• oppresses
• crushes
• overpowers
• whelms
• drowns
• prostrates
• overmasters
• disturbs
• deluges
• snows under
• sinks
• defeats
• distresses
• upsets
• refutes
• throws
• confutes
• shatters
• unmans
• staggers
• unnerves
• demoralizes
• breaks

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of swamps

Noun

Some people see swamps as sloughs of despond; dark, miasmic places filled with creepy, shadowy creatures. — Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 25 July 2026

The retaliation works, and soon Cole and his men are marching on foot, scrabbling their way through thickets and swamps. — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Found over the eastern half of the state in swamps and sluggish waterways, coastal marshes, rivers, ponds and streams. — Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 6 July 2026

Florida alligator safety Alligators have inhabited Florida's marshes, swamps, rivers and lakes for centuries and are found in all of Florida's 67 counties. — Steven Yablonski, CBS News, 29 June 2026

For millions of years between 350 and 280 million years ago (about 30 million years before the first dinosaurs), these croc-like animals ruled the rivers, swamps, and lakes of the ancient world. — Sarah Durn, Popular Science, 18 June 2026

These many watering holes are reflective of the Lone Star state's varied geographic regions, from bald cypress swamps to mountainous desert lakes. — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 16 June 2026

From the pine forests and black swamps to the marsh flats and on to the Gulf, the refuge burgeons with life in ways hard to explain to someone who hasn’t been there. — Jeff Vandermeer, Travel + Leisure, 11 June 2026

Little creeks meandered from lake to lake and through patches of lush grassy meadows and swamps, while the trail followed the higher ground covered with spruce. — Anton Money, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026

Verb

Though the darkness of the material never swamps the comedy, a balance McGee calibrated deliberately — less interested in the whodunit than in the women fumbling through it. — Kennedy French, Variety, 18 Feb. 2026

The repairs should keep water from damaging the telescope, as cold, wet and windy weather arrives and swamps the Bay Area into next week, potentially bringing snow to Mount Hamilton. — Joaquin Palomino, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Feb. 2026