Synonyms and antonyms of Words used to describe soil and soil quality in American Thesaurus

alluvial (adjective)

made of earth and sand left by rivers or floods

boggy (adjective)

boggy ground is always very wet and soft

chalky (adjective)

containing chalk

flinty (adjective)

containing flint

hardscrabble (adjective)

American hardscrabble land is very difficult to grow anything on

heavy (adjective)

ground that is heavy is wet and muddy, so that it is difficult to walk or travel over it

heavy (adjective)

heavy soil sticks together and is difficult to dig into

light (adjective)

light soil is easy to break into pieces

marshy (adjective)

marshy land is soft and wet

peaty (adjective)

consisting of peat, or like peat

pebbly (adjective)

containing a lot of pebbles

sandy (adjective)

covered with sand, or consisting mostly of sand

stony (adjective)

covered with stones, or containing stones

waterlogged (adjective)

waterlogged ground is too wet to walk on or play sports on