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

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

3

as in points

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

• points
• steps
• stages
• inches
• places
• chapters
• phases
• pegs
• degrees
• cuts
• sides
• grades
• angles
• measures
• aspects
• amounts
• 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
• traces
• sculpts
• graves
• scores
• affixes
• chases
• incises
• engraves
• etches
• insculps
• inscribes
• impresses