Synonyms of levees

levees

noun

plural of levee

1

as in dams

a bank of earth constructed to control water

the raging floodwaters were too much for the levee to handle

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dams
• embankments
• dikes
• canals
• ramparts
• barriers
• locks
• ditches
• barricades
• heads
• seawalls
• weirs
• breakwaters
• jetties
• channels
• gutters
• blocks
• earthworks
• breastworks
• troughs
• bulwarks
• sluices
• floodgates
• barrages
• stanks
• milldams

2

as in wharves

a structure used by boats and ships for taking on or landing cargo and passengers

we tied the boat up at the levee and started unloading the fish we had caught

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wharves
• docks
• piers
• quays
• jetties
• landings
• floats
• moorings
• quais
• marinas
• shipyards
• berths
• dockyards
• slips
• embarcaderos
• wharfages
• quayages

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of levees

Before floodwater began to rise, Abigail Erikson hadn’t planned to spend hours filling sandbags to save the community of Rocky Ripple as levees threatened failure. — Jen Guadarrama, IndyStar, 20 Aug. 2026

Another problem human measures like dams and levees seem to have created, the team argues, is a perception of safety. — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 9 Aug. 2026

The failure of the New Orleans levees caused the city to flood, hitting poorer Black neighborhoods particularly hard. — Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026

Presidio is protected by a series of berms and levees built in the 1970s and 1980s along the Rio Grande and tributaries to combat flooding. — Rebecca Santana, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026

The other is the data gap itself, with unreliable or incomplete records common across stormwater systems, levees, schools and other sectors. — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

The town is worried about the effect the wall would have on a series of berms and levees built in the 1970s and 1980s along the Rio Grande and tributaries to combat flooding. — ABC News, 22 July 2026

In the early hours of July 13, 1951 — a day now remembered as Black Friday — water breached the levees protecting Argentine, then swept into Armourdale, the West Bottoms, and the Fairfax industrial district. — Michelle Oliva-Espinosa, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2026

In his view, its role is merely to maintain the levees for flood protection. — Alula Alderson, Sacbee.com, 30 June 2026