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.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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abandon

abandoned

  • abjured
  • aborted
  • abrogated
  • alone
  • annulled
  • barbaric
  • basked
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  • called
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  • canceled
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  • cast aside
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  • ceased
  • closed
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  • corrupt
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  • cried off
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  • discarded
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  • halted
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  • hog wild
  • hung it up
  • idle
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  • immoral
  • incontinent
  • incorrigible
  • indulged
  • intemperate
  • interrupted
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  • jettisoned
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  • left in the lurch
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  • licentious
  • luxuriated
  • marooned
  • miserable
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  • overdid
  • overindulged
  • passed up
  • paused
  • pigeon-holed
  • profligate
  • quit
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  • rampant
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  • recalled
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  • refuse
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  • rolled
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  • sacrificed
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  • shed
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  • sinful
  • stopped
  • stranded
  • surrendered
  • suspended
  • tapered off
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  • threw away
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  • took back
  • unattended
  • unbounded
  • unbridled
  • unchecked
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  • uncontrolled
  • ungovernable
  • unhampered
  • unhindered
  • uninhibited
  • unoccupied
  • unprincipled
  • unrestrained
  • untended
  • vacant
  • vacated
  • void
  • voided
  • walked away from
  • walked out on
  • wallowed
  • wanton
  • waste
  • wicked
  • wild
  • winded up
  • withdrew
  • wound up
  • wrapped up
  • wretched
  • wrote off
  • yielded

abandoning

abandons

abide

  • absorb
  • accept
  • acknowledge
  • acquiesce
  • allow
  • anticipate
  • await
  • be big about
  • bear
  • bear with
  • bide
  • brook
  • bunk
  • bunk out
  • capitulate
  • carry through
  • cohabit
  • concede
  • consent
  • continue
  • countenance
  • crash
  • dally
  • dawdle
  • defer
  • dwell
  • endure
  • expect
  • frequent
  • go
  • hack
  • handle
  • hang around
  • hang in
  • hang in there
  • hang on
  • hang out
  • hang tough
  • haunt
  • hold on
  • hold up
  • inhabit
  • keep on
  • keep up
  • last
  • lease
  • linger
  • live
  • live with
  • lodge
  • loiter
  • meet
  • nest
  • occupy
  • outstay
  • overstay
  • pause
  • people
  • perch
  • perdure
  • permit
  • persevere
  • persist
  • pocket
  • populate
  • prevail
  • put up with
  • receive
  • remain
  • rent
  • reside
  • respect
  • rest
  • room
  • roost
  • run on
  • settle
  • sit tight
  • sojourn
  • squat
  • stand
  • stand for
  • stay
  • stick around
  • stick out
  • stomach
  • stop
  • sublet
  • suffer
  • support
  • survive
  • sustain
  • swallow
  • sweat out
  • take
  • tarry
  • tenant
  • tolerate
  • tough it out
  • visit
  • wait
  • wear
  • withstand

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