Synonyms for moor

Synonyms for (noun) moor

Synonyms: moor, moorland

Definition: open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss

Similar words: plain, champaign, field

Definition: extensive tract of level open land

Usage: they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain; he longed for the fields of his youth


Synonyms: Moor

Definition: one of the Muslim people of north Africa; of mixed Arab and Berber descent; converted to Islam in the 8th century; conqueror of Spain in the 8th century

Similar words: Moslem, Muslim

Definition: a believer in or follower of Islam


Synonyms for (verb) moor

Synonyms: moor

Definition: secure with cables or ropes

Usage: moor the boat

Similar words: fix, fasten, secure

Definition: cause to be firmly attached

Usage: fasten the lock onto the door; she fixed her gaze on the man


Synonyms: wharf, moor, berth

Definition: come into or dock at a wharf

Usage: the big ship wharfed in the evening

Similar words: dock

Definition: come into dock

Usage: the ship docked


Synonyms: berth, tie up, moor

Definition: secure in or as if in a berth or dock

Usage: tie up the boat

Similar words: fix, fasten, secure

Definition: cause to be firmly attached

Usage: fasten the lock onto the door; she fixed her gaze on the man


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