Synonyms of wallow

wallow 1 of 2

noun

as in burrow

a sunken and often wet area like that used by animals to roll in

The pig seemed happy to lie in its muddy wallow.

Related Words

• burrow
• ditch
• trough
• gutter
• pit
• pocket
• furrow
• bowl
• trench
• water hole
• basin
• well
• cave
• valley
• groove
• pothole
• borehole
• crater
• cavern
• excavation
• abyss
• sinkhole
• socket
• posthole
• hole
• vacuum
• chuckhole
• alcove
• gouge
• nook
• impression
• opening
• recess
• cleft
• depression
• niche
• imprint
• void
• chasm
• cavity
• dimple
• notch
• vacuity
• hollow
• dint
• concavity
• dent
• alveolus
• indentation
• gulf
• indenture

Dissimilar Words

• rise
• hill
• mound
• hump
• tumor
• swelling
• lump
• swell
• bump
• bunch
• projection
• camber
• pimple
• bulge
• convexity
• protrusion
• jut
• protuberance

wallow

2 of 2

verb

1

as in to revel

to completely give (oneself) over to something (such as an emotion)

After being laid off, he spent much of his time wallowing in self-pity.

They wallowed in all the indulgences provided by the resort.

Related Words

• revel
• indulge
• bask
• luxuriate
• roll
• enjoy
• abandon
• grovel
• delight
• relish
• savor
• give up
• surrender
• yield
• deliver
• overdo
• overindulge

Dissimilar Words

• refrain (from)
• restrain
• check
• forgo
• inhibit
• eschew
• deny
• forbear
• abstain (from)

2

as in to shuffle

to roll around in an ungainly manner

We saw a herd of cattle wallowing in the marsh.

Related Words

• shuffle
• sway
• struggle
• stagger
• limp
• lurch
• welter
• shamble
• falter
• reel
• totter
• muddle
• stumble
• trudge
• lumber
• fumble
• teeter
• plod
• blunder
• flog
• bumble

Dissimilar Words

• coast
• fly
• sail
• glide
• zoom
• zip
• kilt

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of wallow

Noun

Elk are fond of wallows in the heat of the summer, often frolicking in them late in the afternoon. — Jim Zumbo, Outdoor Life, 10 Sep. 2026

Verb

Other movies would have made a religious ideal of the suffering mother, attempted to proselytize its audiences, or wallowed in the melodramatic urge for a father figure. — Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 15 Sep. 2026

Rather than wallow, Voit maintained his energy, made multiple high-IQ plays that didn’t show up in the box score and finished his day with a hard single in his fifth at-bat. — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 14 Sep. 2026