Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun water_gate

1 sense of water gate

Sense 1
sluicegate, sluice valve, floodgate, penstock, head gate, water gate -- (regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice)
       => regulator -- (any of various controls or devices for regulating or controlling fluid flow, pressure, temperature, etc.)


1 sense of watergate

Sense 1
Watergate, Watergate scandal -- (a political scandal involving abuse of power and bribery and obstruction of justice; led to the resignation of Richard Nixon in 1974)
       INSTANCE OF=> scandal, outrage -- (a disgraceful event)