Synonyms of moors

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noun

plural of moor

1

as in plains

a broad area of level or rolling treeless country

as she wanders the windswept moor, the novel's heroine vows that she will never marry the vicar

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plains
• prairies
• steppes
• grasslands
• meadows
• pampas
• savannas
• savannahs
• heaths
• leys
• downs
• llanos
• tundras
• velds
• leas
• fields
• campos
• lowlands
• veldts
• champaigns
• uplands
• plateaus
• flats
• bottomlands
• plateaux
• floodplains
• tablelands
• tables
• bottoms

2

as in marshes

spongy land saturated or partially covered with water

a mysterious figure who was said to have haunted the moors of southwest England

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

moors

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verb

present tense third-person singular of moor

as in fastens

to put securely in place or in a desired position

moored the boat to the dock

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fastens
• secures
• anchors
• clamps
• hitches
• catches
• sets
• fixes
• lodges
• wedges
• intrenches
• stuffs
• implants
• imbeds
• entrenches
• embeds
• engrains
• ingrains

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• looses
• loosens
• unfastens
• prizes
• extracts
• tears (out)
• pulls
• yanks
• unfixes
• unlooses
• roots (out)
• unloosens
• uproots
• pries
• wrests