Definition of Swamp

1. Noun. Low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog.

Exact synonyms: Swampland
Specialized synonyms: Everglades, Okefenokee Swamp
Specialized synonyms: Slough
Generic synonyms: Wetland
Derivative terms: Swampy

2. Verb. Drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged. "The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor"
Exact synonyms: Drench
Generic synonyms: Flood

3. Noun. A situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables. "He was trapped in a medical swamp"
Generic synonyms: Situation

4. Verb. Fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid. "The images flooded his mind"
Exact synonyms: Deluge, Flood, Inundate
Generic synonyms: Fill, Fill Up, Make Full
Derivative terms: Deluge, Flood, Flood, Flooding, Inundation, Inundation
Also: Flood In

Definition of Swamp

1. n. Wet, spongy land; soft, low ground saturated with water, but not usually covered with it; marshy ground away from the seashore.

2. v. t. To plunge or sink into a swamp.

3. v. i. To sink or stick in a swamp; figuratively, to become involved in insuperable difficulties.

Definition of Swamp

1. to inundate [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: inundate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Swamp

swallows
swallowtail
swallowtails
swallowwort
swallow dive
swallow hole
swallow shrike
swallow up
swallow wort
swaly
swam
swami
swamies
swamis
Swammerdam
swamp (current term)
swamped
swamper
swampers
swamphen
swampier
swampiest
swampiness
swampinesses
swamping
swampish
swampland
swamplands
swamps
swampy

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