Synonyms of morasses

morasses

noun

plural of morass

1

as in tangles

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 & Similar Words

• tangles
• traps
• quicksands
• labyrinths
• quagmires
• entanglements
• toils
• webs
• mazes
• meshes
• snares
• nets
• nooses
• tanglements
• snarls
• knots
• cobwebs
• spiderwebs
• cat's cradles

2

as in marshes

spongy land saturated or partially covered with water

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• marshes
• swamps
• wetlands
• bogs
• sloughs
• fens
• swamplands
• muskegs
• marshlands
• mires
• muds
• washes
• moors
• slues
• slews
• quagmires
• swales
• sludges
• muck
• gooks
• oozes
• slimes
• gucks
• slush
• slop