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

Stories — real or not — circulated in the 19th and early 20th centuries of White people using Black children as bait while hunting in Florida’s swamps. — Matt Baker, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026

Black rat snakes occupy an expansive range of habitats, from swamps and marshes to forests and fields. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Sep. 2026

Her parents had drained swamps in order to create arable land and served in the Haganah pre-state military organization. — Natasha Mozgovaya, Sun Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2026

They can also be found in a variety of habitats, including forests, grasslands, scrub brush, swamps and deserts. — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 28 Aug. 2026

But in the swamps and marshes, oaks are isolated on the islands. — Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 27 Aug. 2026

Flash flooding swamps Henry County Aubrey Wright Commissioner Steve Dellinger said Henry County is probably looking at record rainfall and flooding. — Jen Guadarrama, IndyStar, 13 Aug. 2026

But bad ideas are like those Hollywood horror movies in which monsters always reemerge from the swamps to terrorize us again. — Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Cane toads were native to Central America, dwelling in marshlands and swamps. — Kimon De Greef, Longreads, 4 Aug. 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