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ditch

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of ditch

a long narrow channel dug in the earth
  • After skidding on the ice, our car went right into the ditch.
Synonyms of ditch

dike, gutter, trench, trough
Words Related to ditch

culvert, drain, draw, gully (also gulley), ravine

drill, furrow

ditch

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of ditch

1 to end a usually intimate relationship with
  • He ditched the band to start up a new one.
Synonyms of ditch

blow off, break off (with), dump, jilt, kiss off, leave
Words Related to ditch

brush (aside or off), cold-shoulder, cut, high-hat, slight, snub

abandon, desert, forsake, maroon, quit
Phrases Synonymous with ditch

kiss good-bye
Near Antonyms of ditch

hook up (with), take

befriend, latch (on or onto)
2 to get rid of as useless or unwanted
  • We ditched the old table at the town dump.
Synonyms of ditch

cashier, cast (off), chuck, discard, dump, exorcise (also exorcize), fling (off or away), jettison, junk, lay by, lose, pitch, reject, scrap, shed, shuck (off), slough (off) also sluff (off) , throw away, throw out, toss, unload
Words Related to ditch

abandon, abdicate, desert, forsake

dismiss, kick out

abolish, annihilate, eliminate, eradicate, expunge, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, liquidate, remove, root (out), stamp (out), wipe out
Phrases Synonymous with ditch

dispose of, set aside
Near Antonyms of ditch

adopt, embrace, take on

employ, use, utilize

hold, hold back, keep, retain

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