morass | Definition of morass

Synonyms and Antonyms of morass

1 something that catches and holds

advised against becoming involved in that country's civil war, warning that escape from that morass might prove nigh impossible

Synonyms of morass

entanglement, mesh(es), net, noose, quagmire, quicksand, snare, tanglement, toil(s), trap, web

Words Related to morass

knot, snarl, tangle

cat's cradle, labyrinth, maze

cobweb, spiderweb

2 spongy land saturated or partially covered with water

the distracted driver had driven his car off the road and into a morass

Synonyms of morass

bog, fen, marsh, marshland, mire, moor, muskeg, slough (also slew), swamp, swampland, wash, wetland

Words Related to morass

guck (or gook), muck, mud, ooze, slime, slop, sludge, slush