Synonyms for jetty
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
A dock or wharf extending into a river from a bank, or into a sea from a shore, for boats to land or moor at; a pier.
- n. 2
A part of a building that jets or projects beyond the rest; specifically, an upper storey which overhangs the part of the building below.
Related words
- Is a kind of
- landing place
Forms
- Plural
- jetties → breakwaters, piers, moles, bulwarks…
Example sentences
- pier Tom snuck up behind me and pushed me off the pier.
- breakwater The breakwater had no effect against the tsunami.
- wharf The ship sounded its whistle and pulled away from the wharf.
- quay She was waiting at the quay as the ship came in.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| jetty | falling | |
| pier | steady | |
| breakwater | falling | |
| wharf | falling | |
| quay | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- dock1, pier1, mole1, quay1
- 5 letters
- wharf1, groin1, levee2, jutty
- 6 letters
- groyne
- 7 letters
- bulwark2
- 10 letters
- breakwater3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (levee2 = 2 syllables).