Word Type

Verb

Noun

Proper Noun

The word "ditch" can be used as verb, noun and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

mound

Derived Terms

Black Ditch Ditch Witch Ditcher Ditchfield Quidditch The Ditch across the ditch bar ditch dead as ditch-water die in the last ditch ding-dong ditch ditch day ditch jewel ditch out ditch stonecrop ditch weed ditchable ditchdigger ditchdigging ditcher ditchfinder ditchless ditchlet ditchlike ditchside ditchwater ditchy hurler on the ditch itch the ditch last-ditch ox is in the ditch snitches get stitches and wind up in ditches stitch in the ditch

Etymologically Related To

deche deech dike

Inflected/Variant Forms

deech

Context

air travel australia new zealand

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

abandon crash crash land desert desolate dig excavate excavation forsake get rid of hollow remove waste waterway

Type Of (IsA)

excavation waterway

Manner Of

abandon crash crash land

Related Terms

The Ditch fosse moat rhubarb

Related Terms

abandon airplane attend canal class crash land crevasse dip discard drainage dug fosse ground gully hole in ground irrigation long long hole moat near road play hookey road roadside roadside gully roadside hole street tasman sea trench water yard

Synonym Network

abandon chuck discard dump jettison lose shed trench

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.