Synonyms of dreck

dreck

noun

ˈdrek 

variants also drek

1

as in garbage

discarded or useless material

he poured the dreck she called soup down the drain

Synonyms & Similar Words

• garbage
• dust
• trash
• rubbish
• junk
• debris
• dross
• refuse
• waste
• sewage
• wash
• effluvia
• offal
• chaff
• litter
• deadwood
• dump
• truck
• straw
• effluvium
• riffraff
• scrap
• raffle
• swill
• detritus
• offscouring
• rubble
• crud
• spilth
• ruins
• nothing
• flotsam
• slop
• lumber
• trumpery
• scrap heap
• jetsam
• remains
• wreckage
• throwaway
• reject
• discard
• cull
• odds and ends
• castoff
• two bits
• hand-me-down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• treasure
• gem
• trove
• prize
• pearl
• plum
• jewel
• treasure trove
• catch
• find
• goodie
• goody
• valuable
• salvage
• booty

2

as in junk

that which is of low quality or worth

can you believe that the gallery owner dares to call that dreck "art"?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• junk
• trash
• rubbish
• tripe
• cheese
• muck
• crapola
• camp
• slop
• mess
• slush
• claptrap
• nonsense
• sleaze
• kitsch
• lemon
• bomb
• stinker
• humbug
• dud
• turkey
• clinker
• clunker
• shambles
• muddle

Examples of dreck in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Bonham Carter sinks her teeth into this larger-than-life personality, portraying a lioness in the winter of her career who understands that even if the show is dreck, being its star has become inextricably entwined with her identity. —Brian Lowry, CNN, 16 Mar. 2024

By absorbing the lessons of human trailblazers, tools like AI drummers, AI mixers, and AI mastering services do make possible a depressing future filled with the recycled dreck of the past. —Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 6 Feb. 2024

Diamonds among the dreck Who knows what AI will do to and for music in the future. —Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 6 Feb. 2024

Every era now heralded as golden was once pilloried as corny dreck. —Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 23 Dec. 2023