Synonyms for sewer
Definitions
- n. 1
One who sews.
- n. 2
A pipe or channel, or system of pipes or channels, used to remove human waste and to provide drainage.
There was a blockage in the sewer after an item of clothing was flushed down the toilet.
- n. 3
An official in charge of a princely household, also responsible for the ceremonial task of attending at dinners, seating the guests and serving dishes.
His nephew Charles, meanwhile, had grown up in the royal household, working as a sewer, or waiter.
Related words
- Phrases
- storm sewer sewer rat
Forms
- Plural
- sewers → seamstresses, sewists, tailors, seamsters…
Example sentences
- seamstress She designs her clothes and then has a seamstress make them.
- drain Ziri listened to the toilet doing its drain cycle.
- gutter This company has become a gutter for broken dreams.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| sewer | falling | |
| seamstress | rising | |
| seamster | steady | |
| sempster | steady | |
| drain | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- sink1
- 5 letters
- drain1
- 6 letters
- toilet2, tailor2, gutter2, cloaca, sewist
- 8 letters
- sewerage3, seamster2, sempster
- 10 letters
- seamstress2, sempstress
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (toilet2 = 2 syllables).