Synonyms for sewer
ˈsu ərsew·er

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1. sewer, sewerage, cloacanoun

   a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water

   Synonyms:
   toilet, sewerage, sewage, cloaca, gutter

2. sewernoun

   someone who sews

   "a sewer of fine gowns"

   Synonyms:
   toilet, sewerage, cloaca, gutter

3. 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, toilet, privy, gutter, can, john, potty, bathroom, lav, pot, trough, crapper, throne

Matched Categories

1. • Drain
   • Misfortune
   • Needleworker

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sewernoun

   Synonyms:
   drain

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. sewernoun

   Associated words:
   sewerage, sewage

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1. List of paraphrases for "sewer":

   sewers, sewage, sewerage, wastewater, gutter, drain

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1. Sarah Ferguson:

   Much of social media has become a sewer, tech firms need to do much more to take a stand against online abuse, rather than shrugging their shoulders.

2. Caterina Heyck Puyana:

   Towards the end of last year we began investigating the possible disappearance and dismemberment of an undetermined number of people at La Modelo prison in Bogota, the victims were inmates, visitors and people who had nothing to do with the prison. Their remains were thrown into the drain pipes of the sewer system.

3. David Henkin:

   We are confident the Supreme Court will agree with the appeals court that, when Congress passed the Clean Water Act to protect our nation's waters, it did not give polluters a loophole to use groundwater as a sewer to convey harmful pollutants into our oceans, lakes and rivers.

4. Mel Brooks:

   Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you walk into an open sewer and die.

5. Tom Lehrer:

   Life is like a sewer... what you get out of it depends on what you put into it.