DUGOUT Synonyms: 223 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

Definition of dugout

as in canoe

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as in bunker

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dug out

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verb

past tense of dig out

as in found

to come upon after searching, study, or effort she dug her old art supplies out of the basement

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as in exited

to leave a place often for another without saying where she was going, the young woman dug out early the next morning

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Recent Examples of dugout

Noun

The calmest man in the dugout was Khlivniuk, who had a front-row seat throughout the 90 minutes and was involved in Shakhtar’s substitutions, even using the fourth official’s board on occasion. — Simon Johnson, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026 Channeling a little jalapeño fire from the stands couldn't hurt a dugout looking to turn the tide. — Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026

Verb

On one particular play, Jonah Savaiinaea dug out the running lane so much he could be spotted picking up, and then throwing defensive tackle Kenneth Grant a few feet away from the play. — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 2 Aug. 2026 Losing to the Phillies, who’ve dug out of a poor start, matters more than losing to the Dodgers. — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for dugout

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dugout

Noun

Instead, new tariffs will be applied to Canadian exports of cocoa powder, vinyl flooring, shampoo, canoes and other products.

— New York Times, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2026
And in May of last year, 61-year-old Cynthia Diekema was killed after an alligator tipped her out of her canoe.

— Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of canoe

Noun

The wind was so severe on the par-3 16th that his chip 7-iron to a front pin wound up going into a back bunker some 35 yards long.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
Saxon testified that West planned to turn the luxury beachfront home, designed by prize-winning Japanese architect Tadao Ando, into an off-the-grid bunker.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of bunker

Verb

Randsburg, which was once a booming California Gold Rush town founded in 1895, has seen most of its residents leave over the years.

— Joy Benedict, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
At the time, Truell hadn’t founded a company; but three years later, the venture capitalist persuaded her firm, BoxGroup, to invest in the Gen Z engineering savant’s nascent business.

— Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of found

Noun

As pheasants dart around the 13,000-acre Althorp estate, Charles Spencer carefully climbs into a small rowboat on the edge of Althorp’s historic Round Oval lake and paddles to the center island.

— Michelle Tauber, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2026
In Sacramento, the new governor, Leland Stanford, had to be taken to his inauguration by rowboat.

— Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of rowboat

Noun

Far from the safety of the Archives where Scribes record the history of Navarre and keep records, Violet walks the parapet to bond with a dragon and undertake the very dangerous and highly fatal occupation.

— Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026
The persona non grata formerly known as Prince Andrew is suddenly feeling emboldened, poking his head over the parapet of Marsh Farm, a relatively modest five-bedroom farmhouse on the King’s Sandringham Estate, in Norfolk.

— Ashley Baker, Air Mail, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of parapet

Verb

As a child, Betkowski displayed a morbid curiosity with chemicals and explosives, Cooper learned.

— Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
For decades, junior accountants learned their trade by reconciling accounts, manually entering data, and grinding through the month-end close.

— Sam Birchall, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of learned

Verb

The show lasted for six seasons, with its finale on April 24, 1977, but Saint James had departed early over a contract dispute.

— Greg Evans, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2026
That would be Anthony Vaccarello, who departed Saint Laurent earlier this month after a decade as creative director.

— Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2026

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