Sewer

//ˈs(j)uːə//

Synonyms for "sewer" (60 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (12)

gutter sempster abri antre bog bunker burrow cave cavern cesspool cloaca

Noun(1 words)

Strong matches (18)

cloaca maxima cove drain dugout dump foxhole garbage dump garmentmaker grot grotto headchute hole kennel lair machinery marsh mire

Noun(1 words)

gutter

Related words (30)

needleman needler needlewoman needleworker piscina quagmire scupper seamster seamstress septic tank sewing machine singer sink sluice sough subterrane subway sump swamp tailor

Show 2 more words

tunnel warren

Noun(8 words)

seamster seamstress sempster sempstress sewerage sewist tailor toilet

Related word relations

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11 relation types

More general

8 entries

bad luck drain drainpipe ill luck misfortune needleworker tough luck waste pipe

Antonyms

3 entries

above above ground ground

Synonyms

2 entries

gutter sempster

at location

1 entries

street

capable of

2 entries

plant rice sew

derived

21 entries

car sewer common sewer leaf sewer sanitary sewer sewage sewer fly sewer gas sewer rat sewer service sewer slide sewer socialism sewer socialist sewerable sewerage sewerless sewerlike

Showing 16 of 21 words.

derived from

1 entries

sew

has context

1 entries

historical

is a

6 entries

artifact drain man made object needleworker pipe single purpose device

part of

1 entries

sewage system

related to

24 entries

cities cities underground drain drainage human human waste larva moth ninja ninja turtles pipe pipes provide removal servant sew

Showing 16 of 24 words.

Translations

124 translations across 46 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

naaier noun (person who sews clothing)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

γόργυρα noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)

Arabic

2 entries

بَالُوعَة noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)
خَيَّاط noun (person who sews clothing)

Asturian

2 entries

alcantarelláu noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)
alcantariella noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

kanalizasiya noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)
lağım noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)

Basque

1 entries

estolda noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)

Belarusian

4 entries

каналіза́цыя noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)
краве́ц noun (person who sews clothing)
сцёкавая труба́ noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)
шаве́ц noun (person who sews clothing)

Bulgarian

3 entries

кана́л noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)
шива́ч noun (person who sews clothing)
шива́чка noun (person who sews clothing)

Catalan

2 entries

claveguera noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)
clavegueram noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

下水道 noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)
滲溝 /渗沟 noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)
陰溝 /阴沟 noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)

Czech

4 entries

kanalizace noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)
kanál noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)
stoka noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)
šič noun (person who sews clothing)

Danish

1 entries

syer noun (person who sews clothing)

Dutch

4 entries

afvoerpijp noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)
naaier noun (person who sews clothing)
naaister noun (person who sews clothing)
riool noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)

Esperanto

1 entries

kloako noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)

Finnish

2 entries

ompelija noun (person who sews clothing)
viemäri noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)

French

3 entries

couturier noun (person who sews clothing)
couturière noun (person who sews clothing)
égout noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)

Galician

4 entries

costureira noun (person who sews clothing)
costureiro noun (person who sews clothing)
ludreira noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)
sumidoiro noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)

German

4 entries

Abwasserkanal noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)
Kanalisation noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)
Näher noun (person who sews clothing)
Näherin noun (person who sews clothing)

Greek

1 entries

υπόνομος noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)

Hebrew

2 entries

בִּיּוּב noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)
בִּיב noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)

Hungarian

3 entries

csatorna noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)
kanális noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)
szennyvízcsatorna noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)

Icelandic

4 entries

frárennsli noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)
holræsi noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)
klóak noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)
lokræsi noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)

Indonesian

2 entries

got noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)
selokan noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)

Irish

1 entries

séarach noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)

Italian

4 entries

chiavica noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)
cloaca noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)
fogna noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)
fognatura noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)

Japanese

1 entries

下水道 noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)

Korean

1 entries

하수도 noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)

Latin

1 entries

cloāca noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)

Macedonian

1 entries

ка́нал noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)

Māori

2 entries

paipa harihari paru noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)
paipa waiparakaingaki noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

kloakk noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

kloakk noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries

ترزی noun (person who sews clothing)
دیكیشجی noun (person who sews clothing)
لغم noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)
گریز noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)

Polish

4 entries

kanalizacja noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)
kanały ściekowe noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)
rynsztok noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)
szwacz noun (person who sews clothing)

Portuguese

2 entries

costureiro noun (person who sews clothing)
esgoto noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)

Russian

4 entries

канализа́ция noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)
канализацио́нная труба́ noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)
колле́ктор noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)
портни́ха noun (person who sews clothing)

Slovak

3 entries

kanalizácia noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)
kanál noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)
stoka noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)

Spanish

4 entries

albañal noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)
albañar noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)
albollón noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)
alcantarilla noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)

Swedish

3 entries

kloak noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)
sömmare noun (person who sews clothing)
sömmerska noun (person who sews clothing)

Tagalog

1 entries

alkantarilya noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)

Tamil

1 entries

சாக்கடை noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)

Turkish

4 entries

dikişçi noun (person who sews clothing)
kanalizasyon noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)
lağım döşemi noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)
terzi noun (person who sews clothing)

Ukrainian

4 entries

каналіза́ція noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)
краве́ць noun (person who sews clothing)
сті́чна труба́ noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)
швач noun (person who sews clothing)

Vietnamese

1 entries

cống noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)

Volapük

3 entries

hinägan noun (person who sews clothing)
jinägan noun (person who sews clothing)
nägan noun (person who sews clothing)

Welsh

2 entries

carthffos noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)
ceuffos noun (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

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Can you see an owl eating a delicious sewer rat over there? That's me.

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The sewer pipe exploded.

Source: tatoeba (2940373)

You're a human sewer.

Source: tatoeba (6442362)

The sewer is clogged.

Source: tatoeba (8321734)

Showing 4 of 16 available sentences.

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