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

The pipes had clogged and the room was flooded with sewage coming up a drain. — Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026

The theory is that the deluge, which broke January daily rainfall records for Sydney, flushed sewage and other waste into the nearby coastal waters, attracting baitfish, which in turn lured sharks closer to shore. — Sam Nichols, Scientific American, 8 July 2026

Haverhill installed a second bypass line to help better control the flow of sewage after two breaks and a massive sewage overflow for five days last week, helping secure the system as more rains threatened the temporary bypass Tuesday. — Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 7 July 2026

Brisket fell 15 feet into the well, which was filled with oil and sewage water. — Emily Harter, Kansas City Star, 6 July 2026