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, public treasury, bowl, gutter, manger, sewer

3. bowl, troughnoun

   a concave shape with an open top

   Synonyms:
   roll, pipe bowl, bowlful, till, arena, 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, 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:
   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. Takeshi Tsuji:

   Zones like the one we investigated are not uncommon along rifts, so I expect that similar reservoirs may exist elsewhere in the Okinawa Trough as well as other sediment-covered continental back-arc basins around the world.

2. Fergal Smith:

   It's profit-taking after a good run this week...after the July trough, risk appetite has improved broadly with Chinese stocks having stabilized and Greece having reached a deal with its creditors.

3. Chief Executive Joe Kaeser:

   We are reasonably confident we are going to see the trough in our fiscal third quarter, based on what we hear from our customers and what we see in the supply chain, the question is... whether there will be some sequential relief in the fourth quarter or not.

4. 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.

5. Van Kerkhove:

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