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Synonyms for quay

Most common

dock wharf jetty levee

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A stone or concrete structure on navigable water used for loading and unloading vessels; a wharf.

Forms

Plural
quays → wharfs, jetties, docks, levees…

Example sentences

  • dock Tom sat on the dock, looking at children swimming.
  • wharf The ship sounded its whistle and pulled away from the wharf.
  • jetty A young couple were watching the sunset from the jetty.
  • levee The levee kept the floodwater back.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
quaysteady
docksteady
wharffalling
jettyfalling
leveefalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
dock1
5 letters
wharf1, jetty2, levee2
7 letters
landing2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (jetty2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
quai
Deutsch
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