Synonyms of sewage

sewage

noun

as in truck

waste material (such as human urine and feces) that is carried away from homes and other buildings in a system of pipes

raw sewage

Related Words

• truck
• dust
• refuse
• remains
• garbage
• wash
• offal
• debris
• effluvium
• swill
• litter
• crud
• junk
• trash
• detritus
• rubbish
• rubble
• dross
• chaff
• ruins
• waste
• slop
• discard
• riffraff
• deadwood
• lumber
• dump
• dreck
• scrap
• raffle
• scrap heap
• offscouring
• spilth
• flotsam
• trumpery
• jetsam
• odds and ends
• straw
• wreckage
• reject
• castoff
• cull
• throwaway
• nothing
• two bits
• hand-me-down

Dissimilar Words

• treasure trove
• treasure
• pearl
• plum
• prize
• catch
• gem
• trove
• jewel
• find
• salvage
• booty
• valuable
• goody

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sewage

For now, the most recent data show that levels of coronavirus in sewage are a fraction of last summer’s peak. — Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026

Cordano said the city’s approach to this contract differed dramatically from its process to consider the water and sewage rate increases, which involved the public and the commission in more substantial ways. — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 13 Aug. 2026

They were not fished out of a sewage outflow or dug up from a soil sample, which is where such things normally come from. — Elie Dolgin, IEEE Spectrum, 13 Aug. 2026

Paved sidewalks, sewage systems and wastewater treatment plant. — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026