Synonyms for bile
- noun
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
A bitter brownish-yellow or greenish-yellow secretion produced by the liver, stored in the gall bladder, and discharged into the duodenum where it aids the process of digestion.
Related words
- Word family
- bilestone biliary bilious bilirubin
- Phrases
- black bile yellow bile common bile duct bile acid bile duct bile pigment
Forms
- Plural
- biles → angers, bitternesses, livers, spleens…
Example sentences
- anger Susan broke the dish on purpose to show her anger.
- liver I have a corner in my liver just for you, alcohol.
- bitterness What remains in the heart is memory and bitterness.
- spleen The bookkeeper lost his spleen in a horrible car wreck.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| bile | steady | |
| anger | rising | |
| liver | steady | |
| bitterness | steady | |
| spleen | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- gall1
- 5 letters
- anger2, liver2
- 6 letters
- spleen1, rancor2, choler
- 7 letters
- rancour
- 8 letters
- acrimony4
- 9 letters
- animosity5
- 10 letters
- bitterness3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (anger2 = 2 syllables).