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Pronunciation:

[ dɪtɹˈa͡ɪtəs], [ dɪtɹˈa‍ɪtəs], [ d_ɪ_t_ɹ_ˈaɪ_t_ə_s]

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Similar words for detritus:

• debris (noun)
• detritus (noun)
• garbage (noun)
• litter (noun)
• other relevant words (noun)
• remainder (noun)
• residue (noun)
• substance (noun)
• waste (noun)
• other synonyms
• other relevant words (noun)

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Synonyms for Detritus:

• n.

  •
  • e-waste,
  • ruin,
  • landfill.
  • debris (noun)
  • scree,
  • Leavings,
  • rubble,
  • Grains,
  • shavings,
  • fragments,
  • deposit,
  • sediment.
  • detritus (noun)
  • junk,
  • dust.
  • garbage (noun)
  • bits and piece,
  • bits pieces,
  • bits piece,
  • drecks,
  • odds ends.
  • litter (noun)
  • dis orders,
  • dis arrays,
  • dis-array,
  • un-tidinesses,
  • dis-order,
  • un tidiness,
  • un tidinesses,
  • dis order,
  • dis-orders,
  • dis-arrays,
  • un-tidiness,
  • dis array.
  • Other relevant words: (noun)
  • garbage,
  • carryover,
  • residuum,
  • litter,
  • dreck,
  • overplus,
  • material,
  • hangover,
  • rubbish,
  • stuff,
  • remains,
  • carryovers,
  • remainder,
  • ruins,
  • bits and pieces,
  • oddment,
  • ecology,
  • debris,
  • scrapings,
  • scrap,
  • trash,
  • dross,
  • residua,
  • carry-over,
  • Scatterings,
  • carry over,
  • Sweepings,
  • bottom of barrel.
  • remainder (noun)
  • carry overs,
  • overpluses,
  • carry-overs,
  • ex-cesses,
  • ex-cess,
  • bottom barrel,
  • ex cess.
  • residue (noun)
  • artifact,
  • slag,
  • leftovers,
  • afterimage,
  • precipitate,
  • scum,
  • remnant,
  • chaff,
  • Filings,
  • grounds,
  • vestige,
  • afterglow,
  • sawdust,
  • residue,
  • dregs.
  • substance (noun)
  • detritus.
  • waste (noun)
  • despoilment,
  • refuse,
  • slop,
  • offal,
  • effluent,
  • leakage,
  • Dejecta,
  • waste,
  • decay.

• Other synonyms:

  • Other relevant words (noun):
  • cavalry,
  • spore,
  • Flocculi,
  • excess,
  • stubble,
  • odds and ends,
  • Limature,
  • husk,
  • jumpy,
  • scouring,
  • restive,
  • spray,
  • heroin,
  • saucy,
  • smallness,
  • Diluvium,
  • swill,
  • faeces,
  • weeds,
  • destroy,
  • limb,
  • lumber,
  • rags,
  • scraps,
  • sinter,
  • particle,
  • Tailings,
  • wreck,
  • leftover,
  • Sarmentum,
  • flotsam,
  • shaving,
  • arm,
  • end,
  • dirt,
  • crumb,
  • fossil,
  • bold,
  • Sporule,
  • brash,
  • bang,
  • wallop,
  • sand,
  • offshoot,
  • muck,
  • paddy,
  • scag,
  • nervy,
  • pert,
  • kiss,
  • grit,
  • balance,
  • powder,
  • branch,
  • surplus,
  • burst,
  • shadow,
  • crumble,
  • parings,
  • crap,
  • silt,
  • husks,
  • rest,
  • tares,
  • grain,
  • arrogant,
  • leaflet,
  • remnants,
  • wing,
  • lees,
  • filth,
  • horse,
  • roach,
  • rag,
  • farina,
  • superfluity,
  • buss,
  • smack,
  • lobe,
  • paring,
  • excerpta,
  • shoddy,
  • brazen,
  • twig,
  • vestiges,
  • smash,
  • runner,
  • gravel,
  • leaf,
  • slap,
  • dash,
  • rubbish heap,
  • offscourings,
  • drift,
  • crumbs,
  • bough,
  • shameless,
  • butt,
  • shatter,
  • shingle,
  • flavor,
  • impertinent,
  • relics,
  • Deads,
  • breccia,
  • blow,
  • alluvium,
  • survival,
  • bush,
  • slops,
  • rash,
  • scion,
  • component part,
  • wreckage,
  • oddments,
  • barefaced,
  • break,
  • seed,
  • meal,
  • demolish,
  • flour,
  • settlings,
  • trace,
  • rejects,
  • alluvion,
  • Magistery,
  • rice,
  • candle ends,
  • holdover,
  • Orts,
  • straw,
  • overage,
  • bran,
  • remain,
  • loess,
  • scourings,
  • sprig,
  • joint,
  • stump,
  • ramification,
  • jittery,
  • member,
  • Scobs,
  • brassy,
  • granule,
  • lobule,
  • overstrung,
  • rude,
  • cast-offs,
  • uptight,
  • moraine,
  • waste material,
  • shit,
  • edgy,
  • cheeky,
  • rump,
  • traces,
  • flippant,
  • link.

How to use "Detritus" in context?

Paraphrases for Detritus:

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    scrap.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    Detrital.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    rubble.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    rubbish.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    debris, garbage, litter, trash, wreckage.

Homophones for Detritus:

• deer tick, dry-dock, dry dock, darts, diuretic, dirty dog, dredge, diarrhetic, dorothea dix, dirty joke, Dorothy Dix, dardic, drydock, drudge, diarrhoetic.

Hyponym for Detritus:

• n.

  • substance
    stuff, material.