Synonyms of fenny

28 similar words

Another word for fenny is boggy. Other synonyms of fenny are fennish and sloughy.

Synonyms and similar words for fenny

boggyHaving the qualities of a bog; i.e. dank, squishy, muddy, and full of water and rotting vegetation.
fenlikeResembling or characteristic of a fen.
fennishAbounding in fens; fenny.
quaggy
uliginous
boggishBoggy.
marishMarshy; growing in bogs or marshes.
marshy
miryResembling or characteristic of a mire; swampy, boggy.
moorish
mooryResembling a moor; swampy; boggy.
morassyCharacteristic of a morass; marshy; miry.
paludalPertaining to marshes, marshy, palustral, (especially designating a plant's habitat).
paludineOf or relating to a marsh.
paludinous
palustral
palustrineSynonym of palustral.
palustrousSynonym of palustral.
poachyWet and soft; boggy.
queachy
sloughyHaving the characteristics of a wetland; marshy.
slumpy dialectal
spewy
swaly
swampishSwampy.
swampy
syrticOf or relating to a syrt; boggy; resembling quicksand.
wiery

adjective Characteristic of or resembling a fen (“characteristically alkaline wetland containing peat below the waterline”); marshy, swampy; also, of land: containing a fen or fens.
adjective Now chiefly of plants: growing or living in a fen.
adjective Muddy; hence, dirty, filthy.

What is another word for fenny?: Fenny has 28 synonyms on Word.ws, such as boggy, fennish and sloughy.
What does fenny mean?: Fenny means characteristic of or resembling a fen (“characteristically alkaline wetland containing peat below the waterline”); marshy, swampy; also, of land: containing a fen or fens.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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