Synonyms for Trough
trɔf, trɒf or, sometimes, trɔθ, trɒθtrough

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. troughnoun

   a narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed)

   Synonyms:
   public treasury, manger, till, bowl, gutter

2. gutter, troughnoun

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

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

3. bowl, troughnoun

   a concave shape with an open top

   Synonyms:
   roll, pipe bowl, bowlful, till, arena, trough, public treasury, bowl, gutter, stadium, manger, sports stadium, bowling ball

4. public treasury, trough, tillnoun

   a treasury for government funds

   Synonyms:
   money box, till, boulder clay, trough, public treasury, bowl, gutter, cashbox, manger

5. troughnoun

   a long narrow shallow receptacle

   Synonyms:
   public treasury, manger, till, bowl, gutter

6. manger, troughnoun

   a container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle or horses feed

   Synonyms:
   trough, manger, public treasury, till, bowl, gutter

Matched Categories

1. • Channel
   • Concave Shape
   • Container
   • Natural Depression
   • Receptacle
   • Treasury

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:2.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "trough":

   hollow, boom, depression

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How to use Trough in a sentence?

1. William S. Buroughs, Paris Review, Fall 1965:

   I think there are innumerable gods. What we here on earth call God is a little tribal God who has made an awful mess. Certainly forces operating trough human conciousness control events.

2. Van Kerkhove:

   I worry that we will remain in this pattern of peak and trough and peak and trough, and we can do better.

3. Fergal Smith:

   The market looks like it wants to test the March trough, which comes in just above 14,600, so that will be a fairly pivotal spot for the index.

4. Jeff Miller:

   In those (past) cases we experienced a rapid correction to the rig count going from peak to trough over a three-quarter period.

5. Will Ballard:

   Pretty much every year you get a fairly significant rally in emerging markets. It happened from the start of 2014, and from March 2015 ... The trough-to-peak rally in 2014 was 22.5 percent, and so far this year we have had about 22.5 percent.