Synonyms for gutter
ˈgʌt ərgut·ter

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1. gutter, troughnoun

   a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater

   Synonyms:
   till, toilet, trough, public treasury, bowl, manger, sewer

2. gutter, sewer, toiletnoun

   misfortune resulting in lost effort or money

   "his career was in the gutter"; "all that work went down the sewer"; "pensions are in the toilet"

   Synonyms:
   stool, toilette, cloaca, commode, sewerage, lavatory, sewer, toilet, privy, can, john, potty, bathroom, lav, pot, trough, crapper, throne

3. gutternoun

   a worker who guts things (fish or buildings or cars etc.)

   Synonyms:
   toilet, trough, sewer

4. gutterverb

   a tool for gutting fish

   Synonyms:
   toilet, trough, sewer

5. gutterverb

   burn unsteadily, feebly, or low; flicker

   "The cooling lava continued to gutter toward lower ground"

6. gutterverb

   flow in small streams

   "Tears guttered down her face"

7. gutterverb

   wear or cut gutters into

   "The heavy rain guttered the soil"

8. gutterverb

   provide with gutters

   "gutter the buildings"

Matched Categories

1. • Burn
   • Dig Into
   • Flow
   • Misfortune
   • Provide
   • Worker

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. white space

   portions of a page left unmarked.

   the gutter in the newspaper separates the articles

   Submitted by JP03 on October 26, 2014  

2. rentverb

   being a common word in the form of noun, rent is unknown to many as verb.

   there is a slim rent in the boulder that makes it distinguished.

   Submitted by MAMIDALA on June 8, 2022  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gutternoun

   Synonyms:
   channel, conduit

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1. gutternoun

   Synonyms:
   eaves trough, cullis, conduit, channel, drain, rindle, groove

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

1. List of paraphrases for "gutter":

   gusset, drip, spoiler, sewer, bookbinding, drainpipe, sewers, mud, ditch

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How to use gutter in a sentence?

1. Oscar Wilde:

   We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

2. Jim Manley:

   I played a lot of hardball in my life, but I don't envy what the Clinton campaign is up against here. Trump himself has totally changed the political dynamic, what they can't afford to do is get in the gutter with the guy. He has absolutely no morals or scruples. Getting into the gutter with him is an absolute waste of time.

3. Caitlyn Jenner:

   For a lot of trans women, especially trans women of color, being out means living in the streets, being killed in the gutter.

4. Nicolas Grenier:

   There is no more time, the gray cat is sleeping on the gutter morning noon and night.

5. Andy Clarke:

   Years of experience with law enforcement teaches most frequent and enthusiastic riders that you unfortunately can't rely on police officers to know the traffic laws as they relate to bikes, or to believe a cyclist's version of what happened, there is a pervasive sense that cyclists shouldn't be in the road or should be in the gutter and therefore are in the wrong or just sort of deserved what was coming to them, so video footage can be quite helpful.