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Synonyms for belly

Most common

gut abdomen tum-tum midriff womb uterus bulge paunch

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Abdomen — stomach (an organ in animals that stores food in the process of digestion)

abdomen, tummy informal, stomach informal, midriff, tum-tum, gut, venter US, ventre UK

2. Womb — uterus (a reproductive organ of therian mammals in which the young are conceived and develop until birth)

womb, uterus, matrix, metra

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    stomach (an organ in animals that stores food in the process of digestion)

    My belly was full of wine.

  2. n. 2

    uterus (a reproductive organ of therian mammals in which the young are conceived and develop until birth)

Forms

Plural
bellies → abdomens, tummies, stomachs, midriffs…

Example sentences

  • gut My gut feeling is that Tom won't show up tomorrow.
  • abdomen Most of an insect's organs are inside its abdomen.
  • midriff On this hot summer day, Mary wore a midriff-baring T-shirt.
  • womb Babies grow up inside the amniotic fluid in the womb.
  • uterus How do babies breathe when they're in the uterus?

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
bellyrising
gutrising
abdomensteady
midriffrising
wombrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
gut1
4 letters
womb1
5 letters
swell1, tummy2, bulge1, metra2
6 letters
matrix2, uterus3, venter2, paunch, ventre2
7 letters
stomach2, abdomen3, midriff
9 letters
convexity

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (tummy2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
ventre
Italiano
ventre
Español
vientre
Deutsch
Bauch
Català
entranyes