Synonyms of bight

bight

noun

ˈbīt 

as in bay

a part of a body of water that extends beyond the general shoreline

the bight known as the Bay of Fundy is known for its fast-running tides

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bay
• estuary
• firth
• cove
• gulf
• loch
• creek
• inlet
• arm
• port
• fjord
• embayment
• harbor
• bayou
• strait
• roadstead
• sound
• narrow
• road(s)
• slough
• backwater

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bight

How much rain the region will get through Friday hinges on whether the storm basically stalls in the Southern California bight, the coastal region between Point Conception and San Diego, forecasters say. — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Dec. 2023

Push the working end through the opening of the bottom bight to finish the knot. — Craig Caudill, Field & Stream, 12 July 2023

To rig it, tie a figure eight on a bight in the bouncer’s factory webbing, then clip the bight to a daisy chain with a carabiner. — Emily Stifler Wolfe, Outside Online, 26 Apr. 2021

Cow Bay is one of those bights, right where the suburbs of Dartmouth and Cole Harbour begin to fade into something more rural. — Melissa Buote, Bon Appétit, 7 Nov. 2019

Going at a speed of forty miles an hour, the hydroplane was heading up the bight in the direction of the sand-pit which connects North Island with Coronado. — sandiegouniontribune.com, 27 Jan. 2018