Synonyms of dikes

dikes 1 of 2

noun

plural of dike

1

as in levees

a bank of earth constructed to control water

an elaborate system of dikes built to protect the lowlands from the relentless onslaught of the sea

Synonyms & Similar Words

• levees
• dams
• embankments
• ramparts
• canals
• barriers
• ditches
• barricades
• locks
• heads
• weirs
• breakwaters
• seawalls
• jetties
• channels
• gutters
• blocks
• earthworks
• troughs
• breastworks
• bulwarks
• sluices
• barrages
• floodgates
• stanks
• milldams

2

as in ditches

a long narrow channel dug in the earth

water flowed along the dike to the small pond

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ditches
• trenches
• gutters
• ravines
• furrows
• moats
• troughs
• fosses
• culverts
• gulleys
• gullies
• sheughs
• drains
• acequias
• drills
• stanks
• draws
• sunk fences
• kennels
• ha-has

dikes

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of dike

as in fences

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fences
• gates
• hedges
• curtains (off)
• locks
• walls (off)
• barricades
• guards
• screens (off)
• blocks (off)
• bars
• blockades
• closes (off)
• bolts
• obstructs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• opens
• unbars
• reopens
• unblocks
• unbolts