TIDEWATERS Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

tidewaters

noun

plural of tidewater

as in bottomlands

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Gleaming marble basins filled with floating flowers sit comfortably with antique stone tubs that used to hold olive oil back in the day.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Aug. 2026
His father Rudy Valazquez also said improved conditions like deeper basins in the lake can help more fish survive the winter.

— Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of basins

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For three weeks the world watches cyclists traverse mountains, windswept flats, and chaotic city finishes.

— Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review, 27 Aug. 2026
In fact, many of the flats that follow bring all the polish of your favorite heels—without leaving you wishing you’d worn them instead.

— Kate Boswell, Southern Living, 27 Aug. 2026

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Tycho Crater is visible in the lower region of the lunar disk close to the shadow, while bright ejecta rays of reflective material brighten the darker lunar seas, where lava solidified to form basaltic plains billions of years ago.

— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Away from both sides of the road stretched rocky plains, dry and gray as parchment.

— Leslie E. Tassell, Outdoor Life, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of plains

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Commoners relied on swamps, fens, forests, and heaths for fuel, gravel, stone, and wood to make tools and to build and repair houses.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
Bogs and fens are areas that accumulate peat – deposits of dead and partly decomposed plant materials that form organic-rich soil.

— Jon Sweetman, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2022

Definition of fens

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The rupture released a torrent of ice, mud, rock, and water that built up and then burst through the region’s narrow valleys and waterways.

— Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
The rocks and melted water suddenly swelled the rivers in the valleys below, causing torrents of water that swept buildings, bridges and earth downstream in Tibet and Nepal.

— CBS News, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026

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