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
• 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
• sloughs (off)
• chucks
• casts (off)
• removes
• exorcises
• eliminates
• throws away
• flings (off or away)
• sluffs (off)
• disposes of
• lays by
• sets aside
• shucks (off)
• deep-sixes
• throws out
• forsakes
• deserts
• eighty-sixes
• dismisses
• cashiers
• pitches
• abdicates
• eradicates
• abolishes
• 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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of ditches

Noun

Those risks can include operating heavy mowing equipment and having to navigate roadside ditches. — Susan Degrane, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026

Access holders say the fence has created significant problems, including trapping wildlife and diverting water from community irrigation ditches. — Anna Alejo, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026

Helen watched the ditches for pheasants but again there weren’t any. — Tom Drury, Harpers Magazine, 29 Sep. 2026

Homeowners may also be responsible for clearing leaves or keeping drainage ditches free of debris. — Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 25 Sep. 2026

Much of the stone used to construct Hadrian’s Wall and its forts and milecastles was recycled over the centuries, but the stone footings largely remain, as do the flanking ditches. — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 21 Sep. 2026

Those streams are then effectively turned into drainage ditches, feeding larger rivers like the Des Moines and Raccoon rivers, which flow through some of the state's major cities. — Nick El Hajj, Des Moines Register, 15 Sep. 2026

The tribes also have worked together after rains to orchestrate rescue missions for chi that are trapped in puddles, offshoots and agricultural ditches. — Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Pantheon plans to reverse the damage by blocking off ditches to control the water table and significantly reduce carbon dioxide emissions. — ABC News, 9 Sep. 2026

Verb

Costco ditches its Kirkland beer Pope Leo XIV, who grew up listening to popular American television preacher Archbishop Fulton Sheen, praised his fellow Illinois clergyman as an inspiration today on the eve of Sheen’s beatification. — Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026

Treat standing water − such as retention ponds or drainage ditches − with a mosquito larvicide. — Susan Bromley, Freep.com, 10 Sep. 2026

Both hikers and mountain bikers swear by Mae Simmons Park, and the trail network offers great views and wild terrain that ditches the conventional walking paths of most city hikes. — Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Like the Pro series, the Pixel 11 ditches the Pixel 10's forward-facing metal trim and goes fully black instead. — Florence Ion, PC Magazine, 25 Aug. 2026

Our shortcut version also ditches the eggs for mayonnaise and adds in capers for extra briny punch. — Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 July 2026

Horvát previously made waves with Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time, about a talented surgeon who ditches her career for a man who then claims to have never met her before. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 22 July 2026

Construction began this spring, with workers placing gravel and lining drainage ditches with rock in portions of the roadway, Pavarini said. — Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 9 July 2026

Meta ditches Ray-Ban and adds Kylie Jenner. — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 24 June 2026