wallow

The word “wallow” has 2 syllables: wal-low

It's pronounced as /ˈwɑː.loʊ/


What is synonym and antonym for wallow?

In the thesaurus, “wallow” has 111 synonyms and 39 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for wallow along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for wallow

  • abandon
  • abyss
  • alcove
  • alveolus
  • basin
  • bask
  • bathe in
  • be immersed
  • blunder
  • borehole
  • bowl
  • bumble
  • burrow
  • cave
  • cavern
  • cavity
  • chasm
  • chuckhole
  • cleft
  • concavity
  • crater
  • delight
  • deliver
  • dent
  • depression
  • dimple
  • dint
  • ditch
  • enjoy
  • excavation
  • falter
  • flog
  • flounder
  • fumble
  • furrow
  • get stuck
  • give up
  • glory
  • gouge
  • groove
  • grovel
  • gulf
  • gutter
  • hole
  • hollow
  • humor
  • immerse
  • impression
  • imprint
  • indentation
  • indenture
  • indulge
  • indulge oneself
  • lie
  • limp
  • loll
  • lumber
  • lurch
  • luxuriate
  • move around in
  • muddle
  • niche
  • nook
  • notch
  • opening
  • overdo
  • overindulge
  • pamper
  • pit
  • plod
  • pocket
  • posthole
  • pothole
  • recess
  • reel
  • relish
  • revel
  • roll
  • roll about
  • roll around in
  • rollick
  • savor
  • shamble
  • shuffle
  • sinkhole
  • socket
  • splash around
  • spoil
  • sprawl
  • stagger
  • struggle
  • stumble
  • surrender
  • sway
  • take pleasure
  • teeter
  • toss
  • totter
  • trench
  • trough
  • trudge
  • tumble
  • vacuity
  • vacuum
  • valley
  • void
  • wade
  • water hole
  • well
  • welter
  • yield

Antonyms for wallow

  • bulge
  • bump
  • bunch
  • camber
  • check
  • coast
  • convexity
  • deny
  • dislike
  • eschew
  • fly
  • forbear
  • forego
  • forgo
  • glide
  • hate
  • hill
  • hump
  • ignore
  • inhibit
  • jut
  • kilt
  • lump
  • mound
  • neglect
  • pimple
  • projection
  • protrusion
  • protuberance
  • restrain
  • rise
  • sail
  • steady
  • straighten
  • swell
  • swelling
  • tumor
  • zip
  • zoom

Meanings of wallow

  • noun
    1. An instance of wallowing.
    2. A pool of water or mud in which animals wallow, or the depression left by them in the ground.
    3. A kind of rolling walk.
  • verb
    1. To roll oneself about in something dirty, for example in mud.
    2. To move lazily or heavily in any medium.
    3. To immerse oneself in, to occupy oneself with, metaphorically.
    4. To live or exist in filth or in a sickening manner.
    5. To wither; to fade.
  • adjective
    1. Tasteless, flat.

Example Sentences

  • After the breakup, he chose to wallow in self-pity rather than move on.
  • Pigs often wallow in the mud to keep cool and protect their skin.
  • She decided not to wallow in her failures but to learn from them and try again.
  • The buffaloes wallow in the shallow river to escape the heat.
  • It's easy to wallow in negativity, but it's more productive to focus on positive changes.

On this page you'll find 150 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to wallow, such as: abandon, abyss, alcove, alveolus, basin, bask, bathe in.

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Related Words

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  • abandon
  • abdicate
  • abnegate
  • accede
  • accept
  • accrue
  • acknowledge
  • acquiesce
  • admit
  • admit defeat
  • advance
  • affair
  • afford
  • aftereffect
  • aftermath
  • agree
  • allow
  • appropriation
  • article
  • assent
  • back down
  • bag
  • bankroll
  • bask
  • beam
  • bear
  • beget
  • begin
  • bend
  • blink
  • blossom
  • booty
  • bounty
  • bow
  • break
  • break down
  • breed
  • bring
  • bring about
  • bring forth
  • bring in
  • bring on
  • buckle
  • budge
  • burst
  • buy
  • by-product
  • call it quits
  • capital
  • capitulate
  • catalyze
  • catch
  • cause
  • cave in
  • cede
  • coffers
  • collapse
  • collection
  • come to terms
  • commit
  • commodity
  • comply
  • concede
  • conclusion
  • concur
  • consent
  • consequence
  • consign
  • corollary
  • cough up
  • crack
  • crash
  • create
  • crop
  • crumble
  • crumple
  • cultivate
  • decide
  • defer
  • deflate
  • deliver
  • derivative
  • desert
  • determine
  • develop
  • development
  • die
  • discard
  • discharge
  • do
  • draw on
  • earn
  • earnings
  • effect
  • effectuate
  • enact
  • encourage
  • engender
  • entrust
  • entry
  • establish
  • exchequer
  • fail
  • father
  • finances
  • fit in
  • flatten
  • fold
  • fold up
  • forfeit
  • forsake
  • forward
  • foster
  • found
  • founder
  • fruit
  • funds
  • furnish
  • further
  • gain
  • generate
  • give
  • give in
  • give off
  • give oneself over
  • give out
  • give rise to
  • give up
  • give way
  • go
  • go along with
  • go out
  • go with the flow
  • goods
  • gratify
  • gross
  • hand over
  • handcraft
  • handicraft
  • handiwork
  • harvest
  • haul
  • hold out
  • implode
  • inaugurate
  • income
  • induce
  • indulge
  • initiate
  • innovate
  • institute
  • introduce
  • intrust
  • invoke
  • issue
  • killing
  • knuckle
  • knuckle under
  • labor
  • launch
  • lay down
  • lay down arms
  • leave
  • let go
  • line
  • loot
  • luxuriate
  • make
  • melt
  • melt down
  • merchandise
  • money
  • net
  • nourish
  • nurture
  • object
  • occasion
  • offer
  • offshoot
  • offspring
  • outcome
  • outgrowth
  • output
  • outturn
  • overdo
  • overindulge
  • part with
  • pay
  • pay off
  • payoff
  • permit
  • pioneer
  • play the game
  • plunder
  • pocket
  • pocketbook
  • pop
  • proceeds
  • produce
  • product
  • production
  • proffer
  • profit
  • promote
  • prompt
  • provide
  • quit
  • receipts
  • relax
  • release
  • relent
  • relinquish
  • render
  • renounce
  • residual
  • resign
  • resources
  • result
  • resultant
  • return
  • revel
  • revenue
  • roll
  • sag
  • salary
  • say uncle
  • sell for
  • sequel
  • sequence
  • set
  • set up
  • shatter
  • shed
  • side effect
  • side reaction
  • smash
  • snap
  • spawn
  • spin-off
  • splinter
  • split
  • spoils
  • stall
  • start
  • submit
  • succumb
  • suffer defeat
  • supply
  • surrender
  • swag
  • take
  • take-home pay
  • takings
  • tender
  • thing
  • throw in the sponge
  • throw in the towel
  • tips
  • toe the line
  • toe the mark
  • transfer
  • tumble
  • turn in
  • turn out
  • turn over
  • turnout
  • upshot
  • wages
  • waive
  • wallow
  • wares
  • wherewithal
  • windfall
  • winnings
  • work

fall down

  • ball up
  • belly up
  • bend
  • blow
  • blunder
  • bobble
  • boggle
  • bollix
  • bomb
  • boot
  • break
  • bumble
  • bungle
  • butcher
  • careen
  • cast about
  • cave in
  • choke
  • collapse
  • come apart at the seams
  • come by
  • come over
  • conk out
  • crack up
  • crash
  • crater
  • crumble
  • crumple
  • dangle
  • decline
  • deflate
  • depress
  • diminish
  • disintegrate
  • distort
  • droop
  • drop
  • drop by
  • drop in
  • drop the ball
  • err
  • exhaust
  • fade
  • fail
  • faint
  • fall
  • fall by
  • fall in
  • falter
  • flag
  • flake out
  • flame out
  • flop
  • flounder
  • flub
  • flummox
  • flunk
  • fold
  • fold up
  • foul up
  • founder
  • fumble
  • give
  • give in
  • give out
  • give way
  • go
  • go at backwards
  • go to pieces
  • go under
  • goof up
  • grope
  • gum up
  • hesitate
  • hit
  • implode
  • keel over
  • labor
  • languish
  • lean
  • let down
  • limp
  • loll
  • look in on
  • look up
  • lop
  • lose balance
  • louse up
  • lumber
  • lurch
  • make a mess of
  • make a muck of
  • mar
  • mend
  • mess
  • mess up
  • misapply
  • miscalculate
  • miscarry
  • miscompute
  • misconjectu
  • misconjecture
  • misconstrue
  • misfire
  • mishandle
  • misjudge
  • mismanage
  • miss
  • muck up
  • muddle
  • muff
  • mutilate
  • patch
  • pitch
  • play
  • plunge
  • pop in
  • pratfall
  • pull a boner
  • reel
  • ruin
  • run-in
  • sag
  • screw up
  • see
  • self-destruct
  • settle
  • shatter
  • shuffle
  • sink
  • skid
  • sling
  • slip
  • slip up
  • slouch
  • slump
  • snafu
  • spoil
  • stammer
  • stop by
  • stop in
  • strike out
  • strive
  • struggle
  • stumble
  • subside
  • succumb
  • suspend
  • swing
  • swing by
  • thrash
  • tilt
  • tire
  • toil
  • topple
  • toss
  • totter
  • travail
  • trip
  • trip up
  • tumble
  • wallow
  • wane
  • wash out
  • waver
  • weaken
  • weary
  • wilt
  • wither
  • wobble
  • work at
  • wreck
  • yield

kick over the traces

  • bask
  • blow off steam
  • buck
  • carouse
  • carry on
  • combat
  • contest
  • crow
  • cut loose
  • defy
  • delight
  • disobey
  • enjoy
  • fight
  • fool around
  • frolic
  • gloat
  • go on a spree
  • indulge
  • kick up heels
  • kid around
  • lap up
  • lark
  • let go
  • let loose
  • live it up
  • luxuriate
  • make merry
  • make whoopee
  • mock
  • mutiny
  • oppose
  • paint the town
  • paint the town red
  • rebel
  • rejoice
  • relish
  • resist
  • revolt
  • revolutionize
  • riot
  • roll
  • rollick
  • run around
  • savor
  • step out
  • thrive
  • wallow
  • whoop it up
  • withstand

joggle

  • agitate
  • agonize
  • arouse
  • bang into
  • be antsy
  • be hyper
  • be nervous
  • be on pins and needles
  • be spooked
  • be wired
  • beat
  • bob
  • bobble
  • bounce
  • brandish
  • bucket
  • buffet
  • bulldoze
  • bump
  • bump heads
  • bustle
  • butt
  • chafe
  • chatter
  • chip
  • churn
  • commove
  • concuss
  • convulse
  • crash
  • crowd
  • dig
  • discompose
  • disquiet
  • disturb
  • dither
  • dodder
  • elbow
  • fiddle
  • fidget
  • flap
  • flicker
  • flit
  • flitter
  • flounder
  • flourish
  • fluctuate
  • flutter
  • fret
  • fuss
  • groove
  • hack
  • heave
  • hit
  • hitch
  • hustle
  • indent
  • indentation
  • indenture
  • jab
  • jar
  • jerk
  • jig
  • jigger
  • jiggle
  • jitter
  • jog
  • jolt
  • jostle
  • jounce
  • judder
  • jump
  • kerf
  • labor
  • lurch
  • move
  • move restlessly
  • nick
  • nock
  • notch
  • nudge
  • oscillate
  • palpitate
  • perturb
  • pit-a-pat
  • pitch
  • pitter-patter
  • play
  • press
  • prod
  • prompt
  • pulsate
  • pulse
  • punch
  • push
  • push around
  • push aside
  • quail
  • quake
  • quaver
  • quiver
  • rattle
  • reel
  • remind
  • rise and fall
  • rock
  • roil
  • roll
  • rough up
  • ruffle
  • score
  • scramble
  • seesaw
  • set in motion
  • shake
  • shimmer
  • shimmy
  • shiver
  • shoulder
  • shove
  • shudder
  • slit
  • slot
  • snip
  • squeeze
  • squirm
  • stagger
  • stimulate
  • stir
  • stir up
  • succuss
  • suggest
  • sway
  • swing
  • thrash
  • thrill
  • throb
  • thrust
  • toss
  • totter
  • tremble
  • tremor
  • trifle
  • tumble
  • twiddle
  • twitch
  • twitter
  • undercut
  • undulate
  • upset
  • vellicate
  • vibrate
  • wabble
  • wag
  • waggle
  • wallow
  • water
  • wave
  • waver
  • whack
  • whip
  • wiggle
  • wobble
  • worry
  • wriggle
  • writhe

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