Synonyms of ditches

ditches 1 of 2

noun

plural of ditch

as in trenches

a long narrow channel dug in the earth

after skidding on the ice, our car went right into the ditch

Synonyms & Similar Words

• trenches
• gutters
• ravines
• furrows
• dikes
• moats
• troughs
• gulleys
• fosses
• drains
• culverts
• gullies
• sheughs
• acequias
• drills
• draws
• stanks
• sunk fences
• ha-has
• kennels

ditches

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of ditch

1

as in dumps

to end a usually intimate relationship with

ditched his wife for a woman 30 years his junior

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dumps
• leaves
• abandons
• jilts
• breaks off (with)
• blows off
• cuts
• kisses off
• deserts
• kisses good-bye
• snubs
• forsakes
• cold-shoulders
• brushes (aside or off)
• high-hats
• maroons
• slights
• quits

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• takes
• befriends
• hooks up (with)
• latches (on or onto)

2

as in discards

to get rid of as useless or unwanted

we ditched the old table at the town dump

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dumps
• discards
• unloads
• loses
• abandons
• sheds
• scraps
• rejects
• jettisons
• tosses
• junks
• chucks
• sloughs (off)
• casts (off)
• exorcizes
• removes
• exorcises
• throws away
• flings (off or away)
• eliminates
• sluffs (off)
• disposes of
• lays by
• sets aside
• shucks (off)
• deep-sixes
• throws out
• forsakes
• dismisses
• deserts
• eighty-sixes
• cashiers
• 86es
• pitches
• abdicates
• abolishes
• eradicates
• kicks out
• wipes out
• stamps (out)
• extirpates
• exterminates
• expunges
• annihilates
• extinguishes
• roots (out)
• liquidates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• uses
• adopts
• embraces
• takes on
• utilizes
• employs
• holds
• keeps
• retains
• holds back