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Synonyms for be sick

  • verb

Most common

throw up chuck vomit regurgitate

All synonyms

Verb

chuck, vomit, regurgitate, throw up, cast, sick, cat, puke, spew, heave, barf, purge, retch, disgorge, upchuck informal, honk, vomit up slang, regorge rare, spue rare

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: be sick.

    I am sick today, so can't come to work.

Example sentences

  • chuck Chuck Norris didn't die - death has Chuck-Norrised.
  • vomit Sometimes I see blades of grass in my cat's vomit.
  • regurgitate Many birds regurgitate food to feed their chicks.

By length

3 letters
cat1
4 letters
sick1, cast1, puke1, honk1, spew1, barf1, spue
5 letters
chuck1, purge1, vomit2, heave1, retch
7 letters
upchuck, regorge
8 letters
disgorge2
11 letters
regurgitate4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (vomit2 = 2 syllables).