Synonyms for gravel
ˈgræv əlgrav·el

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1. gravel, crushed rockverb

   rock fragments and pebbles

   Synonyms:
   crushed rock

2. annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devilverb

   cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations

   "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"

   Synonyms:
   nark, dumbfound, get at, reproof, chide, bait, mystify, urticate, rile, fret, dun, cod, razz, crucify, stick, bedevil, reprimand, reach, amaze, lambaste, devil, get to, rub, tantalise, frustrate, annoy, chew out, beat, lambast, trounce, tease, taunt, roil, access, berate, chew up, disoblige, torment, stupefy, lecture, trouble oneself, agitate, put out, rag, discommode, inconvenience oneself, ride, bewilder, dress down, irritate, tantalize, stir up, rally, make, remonstrate, flummox, incommode, get, baffle, jaw, rebuke, worry, pose, vex, inconvenience, perplex, raise up, bother, disturb, take to task, fray, gall, puzzle, trouble, bawl out, scratch, nettle, progress to, call on the carpet, commove, twit, excoriate, have words, chafe, scold, call down, shake up, nonplus

3. gravelverb

   cover with gravel

   "We gravelled the driveway"

   Synonyms:
   stick, dumbfound, pose, devil, beat, nettle, stupefy, puzzle, chafe, vex, irritate, perplex, bewilder, mystify, bother, annoy, get, baffle, flummox, amaze, rag, nark, nonplus, get to, get at, rile

4. perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfoundverb

   be a mystery or bewildering to

   "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"

   Synonyms:
   drum, lay, take, cause, receive, get at, outfox, wash up, foil, start, besot, father, experience, mystify, pound, rile, stun, have, become, sustain, stay, put, scram, regulate, drive, start out, amaze, stimulate, sire, model, devil, cohere, sting, engender, get to, cleave, go, fix, scotch, pay back, annoy, stick, suffer, beat up, beat, set about, trounce, get down, thrum, incur, posture, stick by, draw, contract, bring forth, grow, dumbfound, stupefy, exhaust, overreach, stick around, set out, agitate, flap, rag, crush, arrest, stick to, develop, outwit, throw, bring, bewilder, nettle, irritate, mother, set, personate, stir up, lodge, quiver, buzz off, catch, present, scramble, wedge, shake up, make, beget, puzzle, flummox, stand by, thump, cross, get, generate, bind, complicate, nark, find, outsmart, deposit, cling, obtain, vex, worry, pose, adhere, capture, position, aim, induce, ticktack, spoil, perplex, work over, tucker out, raise up, bother, bunk, begin, disturb, impersonate, fetch, discombobulate, circumvent, let, get under one's skin, frustrate, sit, astound, arrive, tick, produce, pulsate, convey, thwart, bond, acquire, come, bemuse, tucker, commove, pay off, bilk, astonish, ticktock, bugger off, beat out, hold fast, chafe, vanquish, shell, stay put, place, nonplus, commence, baffle

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1. • Confuse
   • Cover
   • Displease

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1. gravelnoun

   Synonyms:
   sand, grit, small pebbles

2. gravelverb

   Synonyms:
   cover with gravel

3. gravelverb

   Synonyms:
   puzzle, embarrass, perplex, bewilder, stagger, pose, nonplus, put out

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1. gravelnoun

   Synonyms:
   pebbles, grit, shingle, arena, gravelstone, pebble, calculus

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1. List of paraphrases for "gravel":

   gravelly, grit, garavel, cobble, mesozoic

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How to use gravel in a sentence?

1. Suh Kune-yull:

   Blowing up isn't the most ideal way, it might be less dramatic than an explosion, but filling the tunnel up with concrete, or sand or gravel would be best.

2. Christian Linden:

   I saw it shining as soon as I turned the screen over and immediately knew it was a diamond, i was shaking so bad, I asked my buddy to grab it out of the gravel for me!

3. Carrie Carignan:

   It almost sounded like a dump truck like opening the back and gravel falling out.

4. Vincent Doumeizel:

   We would need hectares and hectares [ of seaweed ] to produce a few gallons of oil, to me, producing seaweed for biofuel is like using gold for gravel.

5. Noa makinen:

   Love me some fishing after drive on the gravel road wake up at crack of dawn that’s my country roots