sandbar

The word “sandbar” has 2 syllables: sand-bar

It's pronounced as /ˈsændˌbɑːr/


What is synonym and antonym for sandbar?

In the thesaurus, “sandbar” has 20 synonyms.

Here are synonyms for sandbar along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for sandbar

Meanings of sandbar

  • noun
    1. A ridge of sand caused by the action of waves along a shore.

Example Sentences

  • The boat gently ran aground on a hidden sandbar just beneath the surface.
  • Swimmers were warned of the dangerous undertow near the submerged sandbar offshore.
  • The children enjoyed exploring the tidal pools formed around the exposed sandbar during low tide.
  • Environmentalists planted native grasses on the sandbar to stabilize the shoreline and provide habitat for wildlife.
  • The ship ran aground on a submerged sandbar during the storm.

On this page you'll find 20 synonyms or another words to sandbar, such as: bank, bar, drift, dune, embankment, heap, hill.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

sandbank

bank

  • accumulate
  • accumulation
  • agglomeration
  • aggregate
  • aggregation
  • amass
  • array
  • assemblage
  • assemble
  • assortment
  • band
  • bar
  • batch
  • battery
  • beach
  • bend
  • block
  • bunch
  • bundle
  • cache
  • camber
  • cant
  • cay
  • chain
  • cliff
  • clot
  • clump
  • cluster
  • clutch
  • coast
  • coffer
  • collect
  • collection
  • column
  • concatenation
  • conglomerate
  • conglomeration
  • constellation
  • countinghouse
  • credit union
  • cue
  • cycle
  • dashboard
  • deposit
  • depository
  • drift
  • echelon
  • edge
  • embank
  • embankment
  • exchequer
  • file
  • fund
  • gather
  • group
  • grouping
  • heap
  • hill
  • hoard
  • hodgepodge
  • huddle
  • incline
  • invest
  • investment firm
  • jumble
  • knot
  • lakefront
  • lakeshore
  • lakeside
  • lay aside
  • lay away
  • ledge
  • levee
  • line
  • lot
  • lump
  • mass
  • miscellany
  • mixture
  • mound
  • mountain
  • muster
  • oceanfront
  • odds and ends
  • package
  • parcel
  • passel
  • pile
  • pitch
  • procession
  • put by
  • pyramid
  • queue
  • range
  • rank
  • reef
  • repository
  • reserve
  • reservoir
  • riverfront
  • riverside
  • row
  • run
  • safe
  • salt away
  • sandbar
  • save
  • savings
  • seabank
  • seaboard
  • seafront
  • sequence
  • series
  • set
  • shore
  • slant
  • slope
  • snowbank
  • snowdrift
  • sock away
  • speculate
  • squirrel
  • stack
  • stash
  • stock
  • stockpile
  • store
  • storehouse
  • stow
  • strand
  • streamside
  • string
  • succession
  • suit
  • suite
  • sundries
  • the whole kit and caboodle
  • thrift
  • tier
  • train
  • treasury
  • trust company
  • tuft
  • variety
  • vault
  • wad
  • waterfront

bar

  • acme
  • adversity
  • alehouse
  • apart from
  • apex
  • arbor
  • arrest
  • aside from
  • attorneys
  • average
  • balk
  • ban
  • band
  • banish
  • bank
  • barometer
  • barrelhouse
  • barricade
  • barrier
  • barring
  • barristers
  • barroom
  • batten
  • beam
  • beer garden
  • bench
  • benchmark
  • beside
  • besides
  • billet
  • bistro
  • bit
  • blackball
  • blacklist
  • blank wall
  • blaze
  • block
  • blockade
  • blockage
  • bloom
  • board
  • bolt
  • boom
  • bottle club
  • boycott
  • brake
  • brewpub
  • brick wall
  • bridle
  • burden
  • but
  • cabaret
  • cafe
  • canteen
  • cantina
  • case
  • catch
  • caulk
  • cease
  • chain
  • check
  • check off
  • circumvent
  • clog
  • close
  • close out
  • cocktail lounge
  • condemn
  • constraint
  • counsel
  • counselors
  • court
  • court of law
  • court-martial
  • courtroom
  • cramp
  • criminal court
  • crimp
  • criterion
  • crossbar
  • crossbeam
  • crosspiece
  • crush
  • cumber
  • curb
  • dam
  • danger
  • deadbolt
  • debar
  • delay
  • deny
  • deport
  • deprive
  • deter
  • deterrent
  • difficulty
  • dike
  • disadvantage
  • disallow
  • discontinue
  • discountenance
  • discourage
  • disregard
  • dissuade
  • dive
  • dock
  • drag
  • dramshop
  • drawback
  • drift
  • drinkery
  • drumhead court-martial
  • eliminate
  • embankment
  • embargo
  • embarrassment
  • encumbrance
  • enjoin
  • example
  • except
  • except for
  • excepting
  • exclude
  • excluding
  • exclusive of
  • excommunicate
  • exile
  • expel
  • fasten
  • fence
  • fetter
  • forbid
  • forum
  • freeze out
  • frustrate
  • gate
  • gin mill
  • girder
  • gold standard
  • grade
  • grogshop
  • guard
  • halt
  • handicap
  • hardship
  • hazard
  • heap
  • hedge
  • high court
  • hill
  • hinder
  • hindrance
  • hitch
  • hobble
  • holdback
  • holdup
  • hurdle
  • impede
  • impediment
  • ingot
  • inhibit
  • inhibition
  • inn
  • inquisition
  • instance
  • interdict
  • interfere
  • interference
  • jam
  • joint
  • judgment
  • judicatory
  • judicature
  • judiciary
  • jurists
  • kangaroo court
  • keep out
  • latch
  • law
  • law court
  • law practice
  • lawyers
  • legal profession
  • let
  • lever
  • limit
  • load
  • lock
  • lounge
  • manacle
  • mark
  • mass
  • measure
  • meridian
  • metric
  • mound
  • mountain
  • nightclub
  • norm
  • obstacle
  • obstruct
  • obstruction
  • obviate
  • ostracize
  • other than
  • oust
  • outlaw
  • outside
  • outside of
  • override
  • package store
  • pale
  • paling
  • par
  • peak
  • peril
  • pig
  • pinnacle
  • pinstripe
  • plug
  • pole
  • preclude
  • prevent
  • prohibit
  • proscribe
  • pub
  • public house
  • put down
  • quash
  • quell
  • rail
  • railing
  • rathskeller
  • reef
  • refuse
  • rein
  • reject
  • repress
  • repudiate
  • restrain
  • restraint
  • rib
  • road block
  • roadhouse
  • rod
  • rub
  • rule
  • rule out
  • saloon
  • sandbar
  • save
  • saving
  • seal
  • secure
  • segregate
  • shackles
  • shaft
  • shut out
  • silence
  • slab
  • snag
  • snowbank
  • snowdrift
  • solicitors
  • spar
  • speakeasy
  • spoke
  • sports bar
  • squash
  • squelch
  • stack
  • stake
  • stall
  • standard
  • stave off
  • stick
  • stone wall
  • stop
  • stoppage
  • streak
  • strip
  • stripe
  • stroke
  • stumbling block
  • subdue
  • summit
  • suppress
  • supreme court
  • suspend
  • tap
  • taproom
  • tavern
  • throw out
  • touchstone
  • trammel
  • traverse
  • tribunal
  • tuft
  • veto
  • wall
  • watering hole
  • watering place
  • wineshop
  • yardstick
  • zenith

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