366 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ ɛmbˈaŋkmənt], [ ɛmbˈaŋkmənt], [ ɛ_m_b_ˈa_ŋ_k_m_ə_n_t]

Similar words for embankment:

• artifact (noun)
• bank (noun)
• breakwater (noun)
• bulwark (noun)
• defense (noun)
• dike (noun)
• embankment (noun)
• grade (noun)
• harbor (noun)
• mound (noun)
• other relevant words (noun)
• parapet (noun)
• rampart (noun)
• retaining wall (noun)
• sea wall (noun)
• shore (noun)
• wall (noun)
• other synonyms
• bar
• other relevant words (noun)

Paraphrases for embankment

Hypernyms for embankment

Hyponyms for embankment

Meronyms for embankment

Synonyms for Embankment:

• n.

  • artifact (noun)
  • embankment.
  • bank (noun)
  • lakesides,
  • riverfronts,
  • seabanks,
  • waterfronts,
  • streamsides,
  • oceanfronts,
  • seaboards,
  • lakeshores,
  • lakefronts,
  • seafronts.
  • breakwater (noun)
  • seawall.
  • bulwark (noun)
  • parapet,
  • guard,
  • outwork,
  • Vallation,
  • stronghold,
  • redoubt,
  • outworks,
  • protection,
  • redoubts.
  • defense (noun)
  • weaponry,
  • bastilles,
  • weaponries,
  • bastille,
  • resistance,
  • munitions.
  • dike (noun)
  • causeway,
  • breakwater.
  • embankment (noun)
  • levee,
  • earthwork.
  • grade (noun)
  • de scents,
  • inclined planes,
  • de scent,
  • up-grades,
  • de-scents,
  • up grade,
  • de-scent,
  • up grades.
  • harbor (noun)
  • jetty,
  • firths,
  • roadsteads,
  • firth,
  • roadstead.
  • mound (noun)
  • hillock,
  • tumulus,
  • anthill,
  • anthills,
  • molehill,
  • Tumuli,
  • knoll,
  • molehills.
  • Other relevant words: (noun)
  • grade,
  • sand,
  • seabank,
  • bulkhead,
  • revetment,
  • riverfront,
  • revetments,
  • seafront,
  • riverbank,
  • wall,
  • defense,
  • inclined plane,
  • lakeshore,
  • seaboard,
  • hill,
  • slope,
  • Obliquities,
  • pilings,
  • panelings,
  • oceanfront,
  • waterfront,
  • strands,
  • obliquity,
  • littoral,
  • mound,
  • geography,
  • shingles,
  • coastland,
  • bulwark,
  • sands,
  • bank,
  • streamside,
  • sea cliff,
  • tangents,
  • harbor,
  • rampart,
  • littorals,
  • lakefront,
  • riverbanks,
  • shore,
  • breast wall,
  • grades,
  • seacoast,
  • bulkheads,
  • ramp,
  • paneling,
  • riversides,
  • riverside,
  • Sea wall,
  • retaining wall,
  • lakeside.
  • parapet (noun)
  • protective wall.
  • rampart (noun)
  • earthworks,
  • breastworks.
  • retaining wall (noun)
  • retaining-wall,
  • breast walls.
  • sea wall (noun)
  • sea-wall,
  • sea cliffs.
  • shore (noun)
  • seacoasts,
  • coastlands.
  • wall (noun)
  • re strictions,
  • re striction,
  • re-strictions,
  • sur-face,
  • sur face,
  • sur faces,
  • re-striction.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • dock,
  • verge,
  • kerb,
  • hedgerow,
  • service area,
  • street,
  • lamppost,
  • rest area,
  • bus stop,
  • sidewalk,
  • dam,
  • street furniture,
  • wayside,
  • roadside.
  •
  • milepost,
  • lay-by,
  • pavement,
  • runnel,
  • paving,
  • plaza,
  • milestone.
  •
  • curb.
  •
  • gutter.
  •
  • shoulder.
  • bar
  • barrier.
  • Other relevant words (noun):
  • jam,
  • inclosure,
  • railroad,
  • dyke,
  • subway,
  • dune,
  • roads,
  • snowdrift,
  • beam,
  • abutment,
  • shoreline,
  • Bear-trap dam,
  • seaside,
  • landing,
  • pile,
  • tram,
  • abattis,
  • monorail,
  • rents,
  • mews,
  • stay,
  • abatis,
  • moorings,
  • tidewater,
  • Balistraria,
  • Alameda,
  • buffer,
  • protect,
  • restrain,
  • Causey,
  • dike,
  • shingle,
  • anchorage ground,
  • intrenchment,
  • Muniment,
  • disallow,
  • waterside,
  • safety,
  • iron curtain,
  • avert,
  • electric railway,
  • suffer,
  • boom,
  • ziggurat,
  • row,
  • sunk fence,
  • haycock,
  • pyramid,
  • seaport,
  • Haymow,
  • groin,
  • cable railway,
  • riviera,
  • court,
  • milldam,
  • Stoccado,
  • Playa,
  • junction,
  • switchback,
  • siding,
  • backstop,
  • cock,
  • line,
  • place,
  • ward off,
  • work,
  • roadbed,
  • buttressing,
  • paling,
  • scarp,
  • harborage,
  • sidetrack,
  • wharf,
  • quadrangle,
  • bamboo curtain,
  • barrage,
  • fend,
  • escarp,
  • Seabeach,
  • heap,
  • camouflage,
  • block,
  • fosse,
  • buttress pier,
  • prevent,
  • railway,
  • terminal,
  • margin,
  • quad,
  • prohibit,
  • branch,
  • road,
  • ditch,
  • buildings,
  • stop,
  • forbid,
  • berth,
  • cog railway,
  • edge,
  • screen,
  • rail line,
  • ridge,
  • Glacis,
  • haystack,
  • sangar,
  • terminus,
  • battlement,
  • defend,
  • beach,
  • basin,
  • arc-boutant,
  • mooring,
  • trolley line,
  • tube,
  • metro,
  • pier,
  • mole,
  • passage,
  • trench,
  • bar,
  • quay,
  • feeder,
  • Jutty,
  • shelter,
  • logjam,
  • laager,
  • oppose,
  • Contravallation,
  • seashore,
  • trunk,
  • foxhole,
  • obstruct,
  • sandbag,
  • flying buttress,
  • tramline,
  • foreshore,
  • bunker,
  • head,
  • elevated,
  • track,
  • contain,
  • inhibit,
  • yard,
  • arch dam,
  • roadblock,
  • lane,
  • trestle,
  • dockage,
  • stone wall,
  • coast,
  • fence,
  • elevated railway,
  • coastline,
  • beaver dam,
  • cofferdam,
  • slip,
  • Circumvallation,
  • Vallum,
  • portcullis,
  • street railway,
  • buttress,
  • Wynd,
  • close,
  • haven,
  • stockade,
  • hold up,
  • breastwork,
  • terrace,
  • hinder,
  • shipyard,
  • confine,
  • roadway,
  • check,
  • rick,
  • pond,
  • trunk line,
  • gate,
  • palisade,
  • alley,
  • resist,
  • arrest,
  • port,
  • esplanade,
  • rack railway,
  • marina,
  • underground,
  • rail,
  • plage,
  • Kila,
  • suppress,
  • entrenchment,
  • Casemate,
  • anchorage,
  • lido,
  • mow,
  • dockyard,
  • fortification,
  • stack,
  • turnout,
  • weir,
  • landing place,
  • safeguard,
  • streetcar line,
  • lay off,
  • harbour,
  • angle of repose,
  • Berm,
  • keep,
  • drift,
  • HAHA,
  • moat,
  • concealment,
  • barricade,
  • strand,
  • fall down,
  • parade,
  • seacliff,
  • dry dock,
  • munition,
  • manage,
  • feeder line,
  • hayrick.

Paraphrases for Embankment:

• Independent

  • Adjective
    fill.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    barrage, fill, pier, slope, talus, Berm, infill.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    backfill.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    bank, breakwater, bridge, dam, dyke, landfill, levee, riverbank, seawall, backfill, dike.

Hypernym for Embankment:

• n.

  • artifact
    levee, wall, bulwark, rampart.

Hyponym for Embankment:

• n.

  • artifact
    mound, hill.

Meronym for Embankment:

• n.

  • artifact
    revetement, revetment, stone facing.