Synonyms of gutter

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adjective

as in vulgar

depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society

a novel that does a good job of rendering the gutter language of that stratum of society

Synonyms & Similar Words

• vulgar
• pornographic
• obscene
• foul
• dirty
• filthy
• nasty
• blue
• gross
• crude
• suggestive
• locker-room
• coarse
• offensive
• unacceptable
• impure
• disgusting
• trashy
• lascivious
• unprintable
• naughty
• indecent
• smutty
• unwanted
• bawdy
• raunchy
• unpleasant
• ribald
• undesirable
• profane
• lewd
• obnoxious
• abusive
• stag
• wanton
• broad
• wicked
• off
• X-rated
• infamous
• depraved
• barnyard
• perverted
• porny
• scatological
• low
• salacious
• salty
• indelicate
• soft
• indecorous
• unbecoming
• racy
• loathsome
• earthy
• repellent
• repulsive
• objectionable
• revolting
• kinky
• gamy
• unwelcome
• perverse
• repugnant
• coarse-grained
• immodest
• risqué
• abhorrent
• off-color
• scurrilous
• distasteful
• louche
• reprehensible
• hard-core
• debasing
• atrocious
• exceptionable
• blameworthy
• censurable
• blamable
• soft-core

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• clean
• proper
• wholesome
• decent
• correct
• Victorian
• puritanical
• prudish
• respectable
• staid
• polite
• prim
• genteel
• appropriate
• decorous
• acceptable
• suitable
• nonobscene
• nice
• becoming
• desirable
• meet
• innocuous
• pleasant
• priggish
• G-rated
• pure
• inoffensive
• fit
• welcome
• perfect
• agreeable
• straitlaced
• pleasing
• seemly
• immaculate
• spotless
• virginal
• endorsed
• approved
• sanctioned

gutter

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noun

ˈgə-tər 

1

as in trough

a pipe or channel for carrying off water from a roof

one of his chores is to clean leaves and sticks out of the gutters before winter sets in

Synonyms & Similar Words

• trough
• drain
• drainpipe
• aqueduct
• spout
• waterspout
• sluice
• eaves trough
• rainspout
• duct
• conduit
• flume

2

as in ditch

a long narrow channel dug in the earth

rainwater running off the road into the gutters

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

gutter

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verb

as in to found

Related Words

• found
• flux
• smelt
• try
• melt
• thaw
• fuse
• liquefy
• deliquesce
• render
• dissolve
• run
• thin
• soften

Dissimilar Words

• solidify
• set
• harden
• coagulate
• gel
• clot
• congeal
• jell
• thicken
• jelly

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of gutter

Noun

The documents detail a sprawling crime scene filled with bullet holes and littered with shell casings recovered from around the church, the neighboring playground and as far away as the walls and gutters of houses in the surrounding neighborhood. — ABC News, 27 Aug. 2026

From cleaning out our gutters and power washing your deck to prepping your cabinets for flue season and switching out your bedding, here's what should be on your home checklist as summer comes to an end. — Alora Bopray, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026

Verb

There's even a sloping slate roof above the lockers and artificial lead guttering above that. — Caroline Reid, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025

The worry that the flame of horniness will gutter in us with age. — Sarah Thankam Mathews, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2024