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:
   trench, 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, trench, 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, trench, 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

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1. List of paraphrases for "trench":

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

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1. RAS CARDO REGGAE:

   those who lie about trench town reggae will always try to evade me and- the searching for truth questions- which I will ask them. the questions I ask, will show them up to be liars. so far, none has dared to accept my challenges after all these years. they fear my -(c) reggae polygraphy.

2. 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.

3. Ricardo A Scott:

   trench town is my water hole from which I shall drink of africa to quench my thirst- ricardo scott poetical works

4. RAS CARDO REGGAE:

   I am really the only living one today from those early trench town days who can tell the world the exact meanings of every word, phrases, in the lyrics of the original songs by bob marley, peter tosh. you would have to know what I know, and have spent the times in reasonings with the trench town crew to be able to say in truth what I have just said. not even their families can counter that.

5. Getty Images:

   From my right side, this short fellow in a black trench coat, he comes really close. And then he whispers in my ear: 'You gotta come home or else you're dead.'.