SILT Synonyms: 71 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

Definition of silt

as in sediment

soil made chiefly of loose sedimentary material that is carried by flowing water and that sinks to the bottom of a river, pond, etc.

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as in to fur

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Recent Examples of silt

Noun

As the waters receded in some areas, many families returned to homes buried under thick layers of silt, adding to the challenges of recovery. — ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026 The water drew back from the house, left a thick, stinking silt across the floor. — Literary Hub, 16 July 2026

Verb

Historically, the region itself was created by the natural flooding and silting processes of the Mississippi River, which flows across the breadth of the state before spilling into the Gulf of America. — David Blackmon, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025 Its primary purpose is not to control people or accumulate power, except perhaps incrementally, in the form of a kind of silting up of canonical importance. — Literary Hub, 22 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for silt

Recent Examples of Synonyms for silt

Noun

Shower filters are better at reducing substances like chlorine, sediment and certain metals.

— Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2026
These filters perform much better against chlorine, sediment and select heavy metals.

— Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of sediment

Verb

Measure the area to figure out how many panels and furring strips are needed.

— Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 14 Apr. 2026
Use shims to keep the panels level and apply a construction adhesive such as Liquid Nails to fasten them to the furring strips.

— Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 14 Apr. 2026

Definition of fur

Verb

Morgan Creek and Cove Creek will be particularly subject to flooding this morning.

— NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 7 Sep. 2026
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) estimates that 300,000 to 500,000 people died, most from the surge flooding coastal islands and tidal flats.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of flood

Noun

The base played a critical role in national defense, housing a command bunker, planted deep into the regional loess, that was designed to withstand a nuclear blast.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
The Rhône's predominantly granite soils versus Walla Walla's basalt bedrock, riverbed cobbles, and windblown loess.

— Paul Caputo, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026

Definition of loess

Verb

But the debate is more about whether the opposition coalition can split the vote, strip Hichilema’s UPND of its working legislative majority, and threaten to gridlock reforms.

— Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 29 July 2026
Campaign financing, taking money from special interests, leads not only to gridlock but also to an inability for political parties to act in good faith on their constituents’ behalf.

— Linh Tat, Oc Register, 5 May 2026

Definition of gridlock

Noun

These monstrous masses are themselves dark, but their formidable gravity violently vacuums up gas and other nearby matter, generating rings of hot, swirling detritus that completely outshine the stars around them.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 14 Sep. 2026
The Avalanches are turning their fascination with the detritus of modern life into something unusually expansive.

— SPIN Staff, SPIN, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of detritus

Verb

With a stellar defensive effort (176 yards allowed) highlighted by swamping Denver quarterback Bo Nix (four sacks).

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026
Detectors are becoming so large and so sensitive that they will soon be swamped with other ghostly particles called neutrinos that are generated in the sun and in Earth’s atmosphere.

— Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2026

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