What is another word for tunnel?
487 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ tˈʌnə͡l], [ tˈʌnəl], [ t_ˈʌ_n_əl]
Tunnel is a word that refers to a passageway that is usually narrow and long, often underground. Some synonyms for tunnel include burrow, bore, channel, cavity, hole, passage, and shaft. A burrow is a tunnel made by animals, especially rabbits and rodents, while a bore is a large, wide tunnel used for transportation, like a tunnel for a train. A channel is a waterway that may be underground, a cavity is a hole or hollow space, and a shaft is a long, narrow tunnel that leads downwards, like a mine shaft. Each synonym for tunnel conveys a slightly different meaning and context, but all refer to some form of a narrow, enclosed passage.
Synonyms for Tunnel:
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n.
• artifact • channel • covered passageway • passage/passageway • shaft • tube -
v.
• bore • burrow • dig- de press ,
- de pressed ,
- de presses ,
- de pressing ,
- de-press ,
- de-pressed ,
- de-presses ,
- de-pressing ,
- digged down ,
- digging down ,
- digs down ,
- dis cover ,
- dis covered ,
- dis covering ,
- dis covers ,
- dis-cover ,
- dis-covered ,
- dis-covering ,
- dis-covers ,
- dug down ,
- ex hume ,
- ex-hume ,
- forking out ,
- forks out ,
- go in to ,
- pro bed ,
- pro duce ,
- pro duces ,
- pro-bed ,
- pro-duces ,
- rooted out ,
- roots out ,
- un cover ,
- un covered ,
- un covering ,
- un covers ,
- un earth ,
- un earthed ,
- un earthing ,
- un earths ,
- un-cover ,
- un-covering ,
- un-covers ,
- un-earth ,
- un-earthed ,
- un-earthing ,
- un-earths .
- ate away ,
- clip one wings ,
- clip ones wings ,
- clipped one wings ,
- clipped one's wings ,
- clipped ones wings ,
- clipped wings ,
- clipping one wings ,
- clipping one's wings ,
- clipping ones wings ,
- clipping wings ,
- clips one wings ,
- clips one's wings ,
- clips ones wings ,
- clips wings ,
- digged out ,
- digging out ,
- digs out ,
- dug out ,
- knocked bottom out of ,
- knocked the bottom out of ,
- knocking bottom out of ,
- knocking the bottom out of ,
- knocks bottom out of ,
- knocks the bottom out of ,
- poke full holes ,
- poked full holes ,
- poked full of holes ,
- pokes full holes ,
- pokes full of holes ,
- poking full holes ,
- poking full of holes ,
- under mined ,
- under mining ,
- under-mined ,
- under-mining ,
- whittled away ,
- whittles away ,
- whittling away .
Other synonyms:
- channel ,
- dig over ,
- excavation ,
- grub up ,
- tube .
- drift .
Other relevant words:
- Catting ,
- Concaved ,
- Concaving ,
- Gouging ,
- Hoed ,
- Hoeing ,
- Quarried ,
- Spaded ,
- Spading ,
- Torpedoes ,
- Trenched ,
- Trenching ,
- catted ,
- clip one's wings ,
- clip wings ,
- concaves ,
- dig ,
- dig down ,
- dig out ,
- eat away ,
- eating away ,
- eats away ,
- excavate ,
- fork out ,
- forked out ,
- gouge ,
- grooved ,
- grooving ,
- grub ,
- hoe ,
- hoes ,
- knock bottom out of ,
- knock the bottom out of ,
- poke full of holes ,
- quarrying ,
- root out ,
- rooting out ,
- sandbag ,
- sandbagged ,
- sandbagging ,
- sandbags ,
- search ,
- searches ,
- shovel ,
- torpedo ,
- torpedoed ,
- torpedoing ,
- turn over ,
- undercut ,
- whittle away .
- bore .
- Abri ,
- Acequia ,
- Adjutage ,
- Air pipe ,
- Ajutage ,
- Antre ,
- Bito ,
- Coupure ,
- Covered way ,
- Empierce ,
- Emunctory ,
- Gurgoyle ,
- Ingate ,
- Lock-weir ,
- Ostium ,
- Piscina ,
- Subterrane ,
- Tedge ,
- Traject ,
- Trajet ,
- Transpierce ,
- aboideau ,
- aboiteau ,
- access ,
- accomplish ,
- air shaft ,
- aisle ,
- alley ,
- ambulatory ,
- annoy ,
- aorta ,
- aperture ,
- apprehend ,
- approach trench ,
- aqueduct ,
- arcade ,
- arroyo ,
- artery ,
- avenue ,
- bedding ,
- bend ,
- boil ,
- bridge ,
- bunker ,
- burrow ,
- camber ,
- canal ,
- carve out ,
- catacomb ,
- cave ,
- cavern ,
- cavity ,
- cheer ,
- chicane ,
- chimney ,
- chunnel ,
- churn ,
- cloaca ,
- cloister ,
- cloverleaf ,
- colonnade ,
- communication ,
- communication trench ,
- comprehend ,
- conduit ,
- connection ,
- consider ,
- corner ,
- corridor ,
- couch ,
- countermine ,
- countersink ,
- course ,
- cove ,
- cover ,
- covert ,
- crack ,
- crater ,
- culvert ,
- cut ,
- cut into ,
- deepen ,
- defile ,
- delve ,
- den ,
- dent ,
- depress ,
- dike ,
- dint ,
- ditch ,
- dive ,
- drain ,
- drawbridge ,
- drill ,
- drive ,
- duct ,
- dugout ,
- earth ,
- egress ,
- encompass ,
- enfilade ,
- entrance ,
- entrenchment ,
- exit ,
- ferry ,
- fire trench ,
- fistula ,
- flue ,
- flume ,
- footbridge ,
- ford ,
- form ,
- fosse ,
- foxhole ,
- funnel ,
- furrow ,
- gallery ,
- gangway ,
- gap ,
- gargoyle ,
- gore ,
- groove ,
- grot ,
- grotto ,
- gully ,
- gut ,
- gutter ,
- habitat ,
- head race ,
- hole ,
- hollow ,
- hose ,
- hovel ,
- impale ,
- ingress ,
- inlet ,
- interchange ,
- intersection ,
- investigate ,
- junction ,
- kennel ,
- lair ,
- lance ,
- lane ,
- lock ,
- lodge ,
- lour ,
- lower ,
- main ,
- mew ,
- moat ,
- molehill ,
- nest ,
- opening ,
- outlet ,
- overpass ,
- pantile ,
- parallel ,
- pass ,
- passageway ,
- path ,
- penetrate ,
- penstock ,
- perforate ,
- pierce ,
- pink ,
- pipe ,
- plank ,
- pontoon ,
- pore ,
- portico ,
- prick ,
- punch ,
- puncture ,
- quarry ,
- race ,
- railroad tunnel ,
- remote ,
- riddle ,
- root ,
- rose ,
- run ,
- runner ,
- sap ,
- scrabble ,
- scrape ,
- scrape out ,
- scratch ,
- scupper ,
- secrete ,
- sewer ,
- shelter ,
- silver lining ,
- sink ,
- siphon ,
- slit trench ,
- sluice ,
- smokestack ,
- sough ,
- spade ,
- spear ,
- spike ,
- spit ,
- spout ,
- stab ,
- stave in ,
- steppingstone ,
- subterranean ,
- subterraneous ,
- subvert ,
- tap ,
- thoroughfare ,
- thrust ,
- tire ,
- transfix ,
- trench ,
- trough ,
- tubule ,
- tunnels ,
- ulterior ,
- unearth ,
- valve ,
- vena ,
- vessel ,
- viaduct ,
- warren ,
- waste pipe ,
- water gate ,
- water pipe ,
- watercourse ,
- waterworks ,
- way ,
- weaken ,
- wear ,
- weir ,
- well .
- Cannulas ,
- Foramina ,
- PATHWAYS ,
- alleyway ,
- alleyways ,
- briar ,
- briars ,
- burr ,
- cannula ,
- coverts ,
- doorway ,
- doorways ,
- entrance hall ,
- eyelet ,
- eyelets ,
- fluting ,
- flutings ,
- foramen ,
- hole in the ground ,
- keyhole ,
- keyholes ,
- nature ,
- pathway ,
- peephole ,
- pipeline ,
- pipelines ,
- pipette ,
- pipettes ,
- place ,
- raceway ,
- raceways ,
- shaft ,
- sticker ,
- stickers ,
- tideway ,
- washer ,
- washers ,
- whetstone ,
- whetstones ,
- window .
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How to use "Tunnel" in context?
A tunnel is an underground passageway, typically under or through a mountain or hill, or beneath a highway. The longest known tunnel in the world is the Gotthard Base Tunnel, which is 210.3 km long.
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Equivalence
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Adjective
Tunneling.
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Proper noun, singular
Tunneling.
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Noun, singular or mass
Tunneling, Tunnelling.
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Adjective
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Reverse Entailment
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Proper noun, singular
underpass.
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Noun, singular or mass
underpass.
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Proper noun, singular
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Independent
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Adjective
cross-harbour.
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Proper noun, singular
crossing.
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Noun, singular or mass
crossing, passageway, tube.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
Producing.
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
Burrows.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
Tunneled.
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Noun, singular or mass
gallery.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
crossing.
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Adjective
Hyponym for Tunnel:
n.
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artifact
passageway.
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artifact
v.
Meronym for Tunnel:
n.
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artifact
shaft.
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artifact
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