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

Direct water toward the bed by installing a gutter extension, creating a downhill slope, digging a trench or connecting a PVC pipe to a distant gutter and running it underground to the rain garden. — ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026

Sand-like granules collecting in gutters, curling or missing shingles, brittle or cracking shingles, sagging sections and indoor leaks or ceiling stains are the standard indicators that a roof is failing. — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 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