bayou [noun]

Definition of bayou:

a swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana)

Synonyms of bayou:

● Marsh

● Swamp

● Cove

● Marshes

● Gulf

● Inlet

● Marshland

● Swampland


Opposite/Antonyms of bayou:

● Desert

● Dignity

● Waste

● Merit

● Excellence

● Eminence

● Energy

● Excellency

● Fame


Sentence/Example of bayou:

The house had floated out of a bayou, I found, which was the reason we did not see it sooner.