Synonyms of dike

dike 1 of 2

noun

ˈdīk 

1

as in dam

a bank of earth constructed to control water

an elaborate system of dikes built to protect the lowlands from the relentless onslaught of the sea

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dam
• levee
• embankment
• canal
• rampart
• barrier
• ditch
• weir
• head
• lock
• breakwater
• barricade
• seawall
• trough
• jetty
• block
• channel
• gutter
• earthwork
• bulwark
• sluice
• breastwork
• barrage
• floodgate
• stank
• milldam

2

as in ditch

a long narrow channel dug in the earth

water flowed along the dike to the small pond

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ditch
• trench
• gutter
• ravine
• trough
• furrow
• moat
• culvert
• fosse
• gully
• sheugh
• drain
• drill
• acequia
• stank
• draw
• ha-ha
• sunk fence
• kennel

dike

2 of 2

verb

as in to fence

Related Words

• fence
• gate
• hedge
• curtain (off)
• lock
• screen (off)
• guard
• wall (off)
• barricade
• close (off)
• bar
• blockade
• bolt
• block (off)
• obstruct

Dissimilar Words

• open
• reopen
• unbar
• unblock
• unbolt

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dike

Noun

More than 1 billion gallons of ash spilled into waterways and neighboring properties after a dike ruptured. — Christiana Freitag, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2026

This is absolutely elite stuff all around, a whirlwind of the Knicks finding the net opening and making the right play, and the Spurs scrambling like mad to plug each new hole in the dike before finally Wembanyama seals it with a block at the rim. — John Hollinger, New York Times, 10 June 2026

Verb

The decision was largely informed by alarmingly low salmon runs as a result of heavily dammed, diked and channeled streams struggling to maintain healthy flows in the face of droughts and warming summers. — oregonlive, 17 June 2023

In addition to the hundreds of thousands of acres of marshland that were drained or diked off, the researchers discovered former wetlands that now are forested that were unknown to anybody. — Peter Fimrite, SFChronicle.com, 17 Aug. 2019