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channel

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of channel

1 an open man-made passageway for water
  • water was drained from the swamp through a specially constructed channel
Synonyms of channel

aqueduct, canal, conduit, course, flume, racecourse, raceway, watercourse, waterway
Words Related to channel

millrace, millstream

floodway, sluice, sluiceway, spillway

swash, tideway, torrent

gutter, trough

river, rivulet, stream
2 a narrow body of water between two land masses
  • the world record for swimming the channel between France and Great Britain
Synonyms of channel

narrows, neck, sound, strait
Words Related to channel

arm, bay, gulf, inlet

roads, roadstead

reach, stretch
3 a direct way of passing along information or supplies
  • you need to make arrangements through the proper channels
Synonyms of channel

pipeline
Words Related to channel

avenue, conduit, route

grapevine, outlet

fountainhead, origin, source, wellspring

supplier

connection, contact
4 a long hollow cylinder for carrying a substance (as a liquid or gas)
  • had to replace the main water channel
Synonyms of channel

conduit, duct, leader, line, penstock, pipe, trough, tube
Words Related to channel

drain, drainpipe, funnel, hydrant, main, smokestack, spout, standpipe, stovepipe, tile, waste pipe, waterspout

pipage (or pipeage), pipeline, piping
5 a person who claims to speak with or for the spirits of the dead
  • the channel went into a trance and began speaking in what was purported to be the voice of the deceased woman
Synonyms of channel

channeler, medium, psychic, spiritist, spiritualist
Words Related to channel

clairvoyant

mentalist, mind reader, telepath

sensitive

channel

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of channel

to cause to move to a central point or along a restricted pathway
  • an athletic youth who channeled all of his energy into sports
Synonyms of channel

canalize, channelize, conduct, direct, funnel, pipe, siphon (also syphon)
Words Related to channel

carry, convey, transmit

concentrate, consolidate, focus

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