Synonyms of gill

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noun (1)

ˈjil 

as in woman

a female romantic companion

every Jack must have his Gill

Synonyms & Similar Words

• woman
• girlfriend
• girl
• gal
• lady
• lover
• old lady
• mistress
• flame
• inamorata
• ladylove
• sweet
• honey
• moll
• sweetheart
• dear
• significant other
• valentine
• beloved
• darling
• love
• favorite

gill

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noun (2)

ˈgil 

British

1

as in canyon

a narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage

a narrow gill in the Cumbrian Mountains of the Lake District

Synonyms & Similar Words

• canyon
• ravine
• gorge
• valley
• col
• saddle
• gap
• gulch
• pass
• flume
• linn
• crevice
• glen
• notch
• couloir
• gulf
• cañon
• defile
• abyss
• kloof
• cleft
• fissure
• vale
• kettle
• trench
• coombe
• gutter
• basin
• combe
• crevasse
• coomb
• cirque
• hollow
• dale
• chasm
• gulley
• dell
• gully
• cwm
• coulee
• arroyo
• trough
• wadi
• wash
• floodplain
• barranca
• nullah
• barranco
• shut-in
• draw

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as in brook

a natural body of running water smaller than a river

a narrow but surprisingly deep gill runs the length of the rocky gorge

Synonyms & Similar Words

• brook
• creek
• stream
• rivulet
• rill
• tributary
• canal
• beck
• bayou
• bourne
• brooklet
• runnel
• burn
• streamlet
• bourn
• runoff
• fresh
• slough
• arroyo
• wash
• runlet
• freshet
• channel
• run
• coulee
• waterway
• billabong
• watercourse
• cutoff
• race
• millstream
• slew
• confluent
• slue
• branch
• distributary
• gut
• kill
• millrace
• cut
• influent
• affluent

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of gill

Noun

The Japanese eel coils its body to pull its head from the predator's gill. —Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 13 Sep. 2024

Thirteen were able to push their tails out of the gills, and nine successfully emerged from the fish. —Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Sep. 2024

Punch it in the nose, punch it in the eyes, punch it in the gills, use your hand to pry the snout off your arm. —Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 4 July 2024

Beginning around 390 million years ago, however, the ancestors of modern land animals rose out of the waters, trading their fins for limbs and gills for lungs. —Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Oct. 2024