Synonyms for trench
trɛntʃtrench

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.2 / 5 votes

1. trenchnoun

   Synonyms:
   moat, ditch, drain, fosse

2. trenchverb

   Synonyms:
   trespass, infringe, encroach

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. trenchnoun

   a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth

   Synonyms:
   deep, oceanic abyss

2. trench, deep, oceanic abyssnoun

   a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor

   Synonyms:
   deep, oceanic abyss

3. trenchverb

   any long ditch cut in the ground

   Synonyms:
   deep, oceanic abyss

4. impinge, encroach, entrench, trenchverb

   impinge or infringe upon

   "This impinges on my rights as an individual"; "This matter entrenches on other domains"

   Synonyms:
   dig in, ditch, encroach, intrench, infringe, entrench, impinge

5. trenchverb

   fortify by surrounding with trenches

   "He trenched his military camp"

   Synonyms:
   ditch, entrench, impinge, encroach

6. trenchverb

   cut or carve deeply into

   "letters trenched into the stone"

   Synonyms:
   ditch, entrench, impinge, encroach

7. trenchverb

   set, plant, or bury in a trench

   "trench the fallen soldiers"; "trench the vegetables"

   Synonyms:
   ditch, entrench, impinge, encroach

8. trench, ditchverb

   cut a trench in, as for drainage

   "ditch the land to drain it"; "trench the fields"

   Synonyms:
   ditch, entrench, dump, impinge, encroach, chuck

9. trenchverb

   dig a trench or trenches

   "The National Guardsmen were sent out to trench"

   Synonyms:
   ditch, entrench, impinge, encroach

Matched Categories

1. • Cut
   • Dig
   • Ditch
   • Fortify
   • Natural Depression
   • Place
   • Trespass

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. trenchverb

   Synonyms:
   encroach, intrude, infringe, trespass

2. trenchnoun

   Synonyms:
   ditch, fosse, moat, drain, sewer, water-course

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. trenchnoun

   Synonyms:
   ditch, gutter, trough, moat, channel

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "trench":

   trenches, furrow, trenching, ditch, cleft, groove, moat, foxhole, slit, entrenchment

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1. Dustin Sederin:

   I seen this kid in a trench coat and wearing like these tactical army boots and he kind of looked at me weird and then he started walking more but he was walking towards the art hallway.

2. Chuck Schumer:

   We can decide, today, to commit to solving this problem. Each side can stop pointing fingers. Each side can lay down their arms, each side can put aside the resentments built up after years of trench warfare on nominees--We can decide, today, to talk about a way out of this impasse instead of changing the rules.

3. RAS CARDO REGGAE:

   - it is a great joy to be able to touch people, to touch their lives, their minds, their conditions, to help them see that they are not alone, that indeed someone(you) cared about them. That is the true essence of life. That is love in its purest sense. It is the highest standard to live up to, and not many want that burden, for indeed the road is never easy. That is how I live my life helping and loving others. I am ras cardo from trench town.

4. RAS CARDO REGGAE:

   My message to jamaica is simple. This is 2019-I, ras cardo, reggae creator from trench town comes now and say:- you can change the report, but you cannot change the history of trench town. What is done , cannot be undone!

5. Peggy Noonan, special assistant and speech writer to Reagan, 1984-88:

   The battle for the mind of Ronald Reagan was like the trench warfare of World War I: never have so many fought so hard for such barren terrain.