Synonyms of notches

notches 1 of 2

noun

plural of notch

1

as in chips

a V-shaped cut usually on an edge or a surface

lifted up the fence rail and positioned it in the notch cut into the post

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chips
• slits
• grooves
• indents
• punches
• slots
• kerfs
• indentations
• nicks
• hacks
• indentures
• scores
• nocks
• snips
• joggles
• undercuts

2

as in canyons

a narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage

try to get through the notch before the storm blows in

Synonyms & Similar Words

• canyons
• ravines
• gorges
• valleys
• gaps
• saddles
• gulches
• passes
• crevices
• couloirs
• linns
• cols
• flumes
• gills
• defiles
• fissures
• crevasses
• kloofs
• abysses
• trenches
• hollows
• chasms
• clefts
• cirques
• glens
• cañons
• gulfs
• basins
• gutters
• gulleys
• vales
• combes
• gullies
• troughs
• kettles
• coombs
• dales
• dells
• coombes
• coulees
• arroyos
• washes
• draws
• barrancas
• cwms
• floodplains
• wadis
• barrancos
• nullahs
• shut-ins

3

as in steps

an individual part of a process, series, or ranking

sales for the album increased, and it moved up another notch on the music charts

Synonyms & Similar Words

• steps
• points
• stages
• chapters
• phases
• places
• inches
• degrees
• pegs
• cuts
• grades
• sides
• angles
• aspects
• amounts
• measures
• planes
• facets
• increments
• decrements

notches

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of notch

as in grooves

Synonyms & Similar Words

• grooves
• indents
• chisels
• carves
• sculptures
• sculpts
• traces
• chases
• graves
• scores
• incises
• affixes
• etches
• engraves
• inscribes
• insculps
• impresses