Meanings
nounswamp cooler (plural swamp coolers)
plural swamp coolers
- USinformalSynonym of evaporative cooler.
Kind of like sitting five feet away from a swamp cooler on a hot day: you feel something approximating a breeze and maybe it’s even cool, but mostly you just end up frustrated and sticky.
2022, N. K. Jemisin, The World We Make, Orbit, page 170Synonyms: air cooler, desert cooler, evaporative cooler
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of evaporative cooler.
Origin
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swamp cooler. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swamp%20cooler
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“swamp cooler.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swamp%20cooler. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “swamp cooler,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swamp%20cooler.
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