The first man that succeed in swimming the Channel was Captain Webb.
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Channel
/ˈt͡ʃænəl/
Synonyms for "channel" (416 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (84)
Noun(20 words)
canalairerambulacrumaqueductsaudio trackavenuesbayousbroadcastcausewayschannellingchutescommunication channelcommunication formcommunication form stylecommunication methodconduct of a ceremonyconductingconduitconduitscontrolled energies
accessaditadolescent streamadviseragencyagentaislealleyamateur bandambulatoryannouncerannunciatorapertureapproachapproachesaqueductarcadearroyoarteryauthority
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avenuebandbasinbeckbedbendbitblowholebottleneckbottombournbraided streambranchbrookbrookletburncanalcanalizationcanalizecarrycarvechamferchannelizechiselchutecitizens bandcloistercolonnadecommunicantcommunicationcommunication explosioncommunication theorycommunicatorconductconduitconnectionconvey
Strong matches (124)
Noun(39 words)
corridorcorrugatecouleecoursecovered waycrackcreekcrickcrimpcutdadodata retrievaldata storagedebouchdecodingdefiledikedirectditchdoor
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drainductedpegresselectronic data processingemunctoryencodingengraveenlightenerentranceentrenchmententropyescapeestuaryexhaustexitexpert witnessfairwayferryfloodgatefloorflowing streamflumeflutefluviationfordfossefrequency bandfreshfreshetfunnelfurrowgallerygashgillgoffergossipmongergougegrapevinegroovegroundguidegullygutterha haha-hainciseinformantinformation centerinformation explosioninformation mediuminformation theoryinformeringressinlet
Adjective(2 words)
creative outletgerman wasserweg
Related words (208)
instrumentinstrumentalityinstrumentationinterchangeintermediaryintersectionintervieweeisthmusjunctionkennelkilllanelazy streamleadlimitloopholemachinerymainmeanmeandering stream
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meansmediummidchannelmidstreammillstreamministrymoatmonitormouthpiecemoving roadnarrownarrowsnavigable rivernecknewsmongernoisenotifierocean bottomopeningorganoutoutcomeoutfalloutgateoutgooutletoverpasspasspassagepassagewaypathpipepipelinepleatplowpolice bandporeportporticopresspublic relations officerpublisherput throughput through channelsrabbetraceracing streamradioradio channelrailroad tunnelredundancyreporterrifleriverrivuletroadrunrundlerunletrunnelrutsally portscorescratchsea laneseawayship routeshortwave bandsignalsikesiphonslitslotsluicesourcespill streamspiraclesplitspokesmanspoutstandard bandsteamer tracksteerstraitstreakstreamstream actionstreamletstriatesublimatesubterranean riversunk fencetaptelevisiontellerthroattipstertouttrajecttrajettransmittrenchtroughtubetunnelunderpassventventageventholevomitorywadiwatercoursewaterwaywayway outweirwitnesswrinkle
Noun(57 words)
irrigation ditchlaneliaisonliaisonslinemackinacmeansmeans of communicationmediummediumsmillracemode of communicationmode of energy transportnorwegian vannveioutletspathwaypipelinesportuguese aquedutoradio outletrelay
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rillrillsrouterouteingroutesroutsrunnelsscalaself expressionsendsoundsoundsstationstovepipestovepipesstraitstraitssublimatingsublimertelevision channelthoroughfaresthruwaytracttransmission channeltransmission routetransmittrenchestrough with graintv channelvectorsvehiclevisual art mediumwater channelwatercoursewatercourseswaterwaywaterways
Adjective(4 words)
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: canal, access, adit, adolescent stream, adviser.
- Sentence evidence is available for channel, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from wordnet, opengloss, moby, derived_reverse, and related lexical sources.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "channel".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "channel"
Keep "channel" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "channel" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "channel", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "channel" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
38 entriesTV stationbody of waterbringchannelisechannelizecommunicatingcommunicationconduitcontrolconveydepressiondirectdirect actiondisplacedistributiongeographic feature
Showing 16 of 38 words.
More specific
15 entriesCollocations
12 entrieschannel a broadcastchannel capacitychannel datachannel emotionschannel energychannel informationchannel of communicationchannel signalsdistribution channelradio channeltelevision channelwater channel
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
8 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
73 translations across 55 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- kanal noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
Arabic
1 entries- قَنَاة noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
Armenian
1 entries- ալիք noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- kanal noun (communication: single path provided by a transmission medium via physical separation)
- kanal noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
Belarusian
1 entries- кана́л noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
Bengali
1 entries- চ্যানেল noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
Bulgarian
1 entries- кана́л noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
Catalan
1 entries- canal noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
Chinese
1 entries- 頻道 /频道 noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 頻道 /频道 noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 頻道 /频道 noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
Danish
1 entries- kanal noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
Dutch
4 entries- kanaal noun (communication: single path provided by a transmission medium via physical separation)
- kanaal noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
- zender noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
- imiteren verb (assume personality of other person)
Esperanto
1 entries- kanalo noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
Estonian
1 entries- kanal noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
Finnish
3 entries- kanava noun (communication: single path provided by a transmission medium via physical separation)
- kanava noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
- kanavoida verb (assume personality of other person)
French
1 entries- chaîne noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
Galician
1 entries- canle noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
Georgian
1 entries- არხი noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
German
4 entries- Kanal noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
- nachahmen verb (assume personality of other person)
- nacheifern verb (assume personality of other person)
- nachmachen verb (assume personality of other person)
Greek
1 entries- κανάλι noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
Hindi
1 entries- चैनल noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
Icelandic
1 entries- kanall noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
Iranian Persian
1 entries- کانال noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
Irish
2 entries- bealach noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
- cainéal noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
Italian
2 entries- canale noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
- imitare verb (assume personality of other person)
Japanese
1 entries- チャンネル noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
Kazakh
1 entries- канал noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
Korean
1 entries- 채널 noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- канал noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
Latvian
1 entries- kanāls noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
Lithuanian
1 entries- kanalas noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
Macedonian
1 entries- канал noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
Malay
1 entries- saluran noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
Māori
1 entries- roma noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- kanal noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- kanal noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
Portuguese
2 entries- canal noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
- imitar verb (assume personality of other person)
Romanian
1 entries- canal noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
Russian
4 entries- кана́л noun (communication: single path provided by a transmission medium via physical separation)
- кана́л noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
- играть verb (assume personality of other person)
- изображать verb (assume personality of other person)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- kànāl noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
- ка̀на̄л noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
Slovak
1 entries- kanál noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
Slovene
1 entries- kanal noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
Spanish
1 entries- canal noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
Swedish
1 entries- kanal noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
Tagalog
2 entries- alunan noun (communication: single path provided by a transmission medium via physical separation)
- alunan noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
Tajik
1 entries- канал noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
Thai
1 entries- ช่อง noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
Turkish
1 entries- kanal noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
Turkmen
1 entries- kanal noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
Ukrainian
1 entries- кана́л noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
Urdu
1 entries- چَینَل noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
Uzbek
1 entries- kanal noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
Vietnamese
1 entries- kênh noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
Welsh
1 entries- sianel noun (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
Sample sentences
42 total sentences available.
Britain is separated from the Continent by the Channel.
Source: tatoeba (26149)
The swimmer, Cindy Nicholas, barely made it ashore at Dover at the end of the exhausting swim, but a spokesman from the Channel Swimming Association announced that she was in very good shape.
Source: tatoeba (26395)
I'd like to set it to the movie channel.
Source: tatoeba (26473)
Showing 4 of 42 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "channel"?
Closest matches include canal, access, adit, adolescent stream, adviser.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "channel"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.