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swamp
Overview of noun swamp
The noun swamp has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (4) swamp, swampland -- (low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog)
2. swamp -- (a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables; "he was trapped in a medical swamp")
Overview of verb swamp
The verb swamp has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (1) swamp, drench -- (drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged; "The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor")
2. (1) deluge, flood, inundate, swamp -- (fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun swamp
2 senses of swamp
Sense 1
swamp, swampland
=> wetland
=> land, ground, soil
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
swamp
=> situation
=> difficulty
=> condition, status
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun swamp
1 of 2 senses of swamp
Sense 1
swamp, swampland
HAS INSTANCE=> Everglades
HAS INSTANCE=> Okefenokee Swamp
=> slough
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun swamp
2 senses of swamp
Sense 1
swamp, swampland
=> wetland
Sense 2
swamp
=> situation
Antonyms of noun swamp
Member Holonyms of noun swamp
Substance Holonyms of noun swamp
Part Holonyms of noun swamp
Member Meronyms of noun swamp
Substance Meronyms of noun swamp
Part Meronyms of noun swamp
Meronyms of noun swamp
Holonyms of noun swamp
Attributes of noun swamp
Derived Forms of noun swamp
1 of 2 senses of swamp
Sense 1
swamp, swampland
RELATED TO>(adj) swampy#1
=> boggy, marshy, miry, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloppy, sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, waterlogged
RELATED TO>(verb) swamp#1
=> swamp, drench
Domain of noun swamp
Domain Terms of noun swamp
Familiarity of noun swamp
swamp used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun swamp
2 senses of swamp
Sense 1
swamp, swampland
> wetland
=> bog, peat bog
=> marsh, marshland, fen, fenland
=> swamp, swampland
Sense 2
swamp
> situation
=> conflict of interest
=> crisis
=> crunch
=> hornet's nest, hornets' nest
=> hot potato
=> how-do-you-do, how-d'ye-do
=> imbroglio, embroilment
=> Mexican standoff
=> nightmare, incubus
=> no-win situation
=> pass, strait, straits
=> purgatory
=> swamp
=> time bomb, ticking bomb
=> tinderbox
=> urgency
=> deadlock, dead end, impasse, stalemate, standstill
=> quicksand
Meronyms of noun swamp
2 senses of swamp
Holonyms of noun swamp
Grep of noun swamp
mexican swamp cypress
mountain swamp gum
okefenokee swamp
swamp
swamp ash
swamp azalea
swamp bay
swamp birch
swamp blackberry
swamp blueberry
swamp buggy
swamp candleberry
swamp candles
swamp chestnut oak
swamp cottonwood
swamp cypress
swamp dewberry
swamp fever
swamp fly honeysuckle
swamp gum
swamp hare
swamp hickory
swamp honeysuckle
swamp horsetail
swamp laurel
swamp lily
swamp locust
swamp mallow
swamp maple
swamp milkweed
swamp oak
swamp pine
swamp plant
swamp poplar
swamp rabbit
swamp red oak
swamp rose mallow
swamp sparrow
swamp sunflower
swamp white oak
swamp willow
swamphen
swampland
swampy beggar-ticks
Antonyms of verb swamp
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb swamp
2 senses of swamp
Sense 1
swamp, drench
=> flood
=> cover, spread over
=> touch, adjoin, meet, contact
Sense 2
deluge, flood, inundate, swamp
=> fill, fill up, make full
=> change, alter, modify
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb swamp
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb swamp
2 senses of swamp
Sense 1
swamp, drench
=> flood
Sense 2
deluge, flood, inundate, swamp
=> fill, fill up, make full
'Cause To' of verb swamp
Derived Forms of verb swamp
1 of 2 senses of swamp
Sense 1
swamp, drench
RELATED TO>(noun) swamp#1
=> swamp, swampland
Domain of verb swamp
Domain Terms of verb swamp
Familiarity of verb swamp
swamp used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb swamp
2 senses of swamp
Sense 1
swamp, drench
*> Something ----s
*> Something ----s something
Sense 2
deluge, flood, inundate, swamp
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s something with something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb swamp
2 senses of swamp
Sense 1
swamp, drench
> flood
=> flow
=> inundate, deluge, submerge
=> swamp, drench
Sense 2
deluge, flood, inundate, swamp
> fill, fill up, make full
=> clutter, clutter up
=> clog, overload
=> brim
=> farce, stuff
=> stuff
=> pad, bolster
=> people, populate
=> top off
=> heap
=> overfill
=> ink
=> replenish, refill, fill again
=> prime
=> line
=> complete
=> impregnate, saturate
=> impregnate, infuse, instill, tincture
=> electrify
=> lubricate, lube
=> surcharge
=> load, lade, laden, load up
=> load, charge
=> deluge, flood, inundate, swamp
=> stuff
=> pack
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb swamp
Sense 1
swamp, drench
=> flood
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Sense 2
deluge, flood, inundate, swamp
=> fill, fill up, make full
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Grep of verb swamp
swamp
Grep of adj swamp
swamped
swampy
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