TIDEWATERS Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

tidewaters

noun

plural of tidewater

as in bottomlands

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Winding through arid basins and rocky mountain passes, the road to the Adelanto ICE Processing Center climbs to 2,500 feet before opening into the vast expanses of the Mojave high desert.

— Aarne Heikkila, NBC news, 26 Oct. 2026
Kinder Morgan operates a dominant, interconnected web of steel pipelines that links oversupplied shale basins directly to major demand centers and Gulf Coast export complexes.

— Harvey Stober, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of basins

Noun

Behind the storm, colder overnight temperatures could bring the first freeze of the season to much of Colorado's eastern plains.

— Callie Zanandrie, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
Block after block of hulking data centers – both new and under construction – rise up seemingly out of nowhere from rolling plains and fields of sunflowers and sorghum.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of plains

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The Bluff offers a gorgeous view of a section of the Tanana River and the surrounding boglands, ranging from permafrost forests to wet fens to bogs.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
The wind reaches the fens of eastern England before the light does, moving over the marshes in long gray sweeps.

— JP Mangalindan, Time, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of fens

Noun

One element that makes California’s mountains, meadows, foothills and valleys so special are their native plants, which have long provided habitat for native species.

— Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
The device reproduced the fingerprint's tiny ridges and valleys, demonstrating an impressive spatial resolution of 30 micrometers (847 dpi).

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 Oct. 2026

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