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Synonyms of bog

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Another word for bog is swamp. Other synonyms of bog are moor, fen, mire and marsh.

Synonyms and similar words for bog

nounAn area of decayed vegetation (particularly sphagnum moss) which forms a wet spongy ground too soft...

  • marshAn area of low, wet land, often with tall grass or herbaceous plants.
  • swampAn area of wet (water-saturated), spongy (soft) land, often with trees, generally a rich ecosystem for certain plants...
  • mireA bog or fen; (in wetland science, specifically) a peatland which is actively forming peat, such as an active bog or...
  • fenA type of wetland fed by ground water and runoff, containing peat below the waterline, characteristically alkaline.
  • slough
  • moorAn extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light (and usually acidic) soil, but sometimes...

nounConfusion, difficulty, or any other thing or place that impedes progress in the manner of such...

nounWet spongy areas or ground.

  • morass. See swamp

Meaning of bog

  1. noun An area of decayed vegetation (particularly sphagnum moss) which forms a wet spongy ground too soft for walking.
  2. noun An acidic, chiefly rain-fed (ombrotrophic), peat-forming wetland. (Contrast an alkaline fen, and swamps and marshes.).
  3. noun Boggy ground.

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Questions about synonyms of bog

What is another word for bog?
Bog has 9 synonyms on Word.ws, such as swamp, moor, fen, mire and marsh.
What does bog mean?
Bog means an area of decayed vegetation (particularly sphagnum moss) which forms a wet spongy ground too soft for walking.

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