Synonyms of gills

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noun (1)

plural of gill

as in girlfriends

a female romantic companion

every Jack must have his Gill

Synonyms & Similar Words

• girlfriends
• women
• girls
• gals
• lovers
• ladies
• old ladies
• mistresses
• inamoratas
• ladyloves
• flames
• molls
• sweets
• significant others
• sweethearts
• dears
• favorites
• valentines
• darlings
• honeys
• loves
• beloveds

gills

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noun (2)

plural of gill, British

1

as in canyons

a narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage

a narrow gill in the Cumbrian Mountains of the Lake District

Synonyms & Similar Words

• canyons
• ravines
• gorges
• gaps
• valleys
• saddles
• gulches
• flumes
• linns
• crevices
• passes
• couloirs
• notches
• cols
• defiles
• kloofs
• abysses
• cañons
• fissures
• gutters
• crevasses
• clefts
• trenches
• hollows
• cirques
• gulfs
• chasms
• glens
• basins
• kettles
• gulleys
• dells
• coombs
• vales
• gullies
• combes
• troughs
• dales
• coulees
• floodplains
• arroyos
• coombes
• washes
• wadis
• cwms
• nullahs
• barrancos
• draws
• barrancas
• shut-ins

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as in creeks

a natural body of running water smaller than a river

a narrow but surprisingly deep gill runs the length of the rocky gorge

Synonyms & Similar Words

• creeks
• brooks
• streams
• tributaries
• rivulets
• runnels
• canals
• rills
• bayous
• streamlets
• becks
• burns
• runs
• brooklets
• bournes
• runoffs
• bourns
• freshets
• sloughs
• runlets
• waterways
• arroyos
• slues
• washes
• freshes
• coulees
• guts
• billabongs
• channels
• watercourses
• races
• cutoffs
• slews
• branches
• distributaries
• affluents
• millstreams
• millraces
• influents
• kills
• cuts
• confluents