Bog

/bɔɡ/

Synonyms for "bog" (94 found)

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Closest matches (19)

Noun(6 words)

bathroombog typebruch carr delay drag

baygall bemirebog downbottom bottomland bottomsbuffalo wallowcesspool cloacacloaca maximadrain

Verb(1 words)

bog down

Adjective(1 words)

boggy ground

Strong matches (28)

dump everglade facility fen fenland flatgarbage dumpgladehog wallowholm marais marish marsh marshland meadow mere mire moor

Noun(10 words)

entrap goblin immobilize lavatory loo marses marsh mire mires miring

Related words (47)

moorland morass moss mudmud flatpeat bogprivy purgatory quag quagmire quicksandsalt marshseptic tanksewer sinksink inslob landslouch slough sough

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stodge sump swale swamp swampland taiga wallow wash

Noun(18 words)

morass. see swampmorassesmossy bogokefenokee outhousepeat bogpeatland quagmires sink sloughs stall swampswamp the inboxswamps toilet wetlandwetland habitatwetland related

Adjective(1 words)

wet habitat

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5 relation types

More general

19 entries

breakbreak offcease delay discontinue ecosystem facilitygive upimmobilitylay offquit sanitation slowslow downslow upstagnation

Showing 16 of 19 words.

More specific

9 entries

bureaucratic delaylatrinemire entrapmentmoss bogouthousepeat bogpeat boggingprocedural boggingsphagnum bog

Collocations

10 entries

bog mossbog rollbog soilboggy groundmossy bogpeat bogpeat soilsphagnum bogwaterlogged bogwetland bog

Inflections

3 entries

bogged bogging bogs

Derivations

4 entries

bogger bogginess boggy bogland

Sample sentences

45 total sentences available.

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Our evidence is no more than a tiny sliver of solid knowledge amidst the vast bog of doubts and speculations.

Source: tatoeba (1989389)

The skyscraper is expected to sink into the bog.

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It's back there somewhere, through the bog.

Source: tatoeba (2758538)

I am glad to see that the devil deals as cunningly with other folk as he deals with me; for whenever I am about to commit any folly, he persuades me it is the most necessary, gallant, gentlemanlike thing on earth, and I am up to saddlegirths in the bog before I see that the ground is soft.

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