Synonyms for bottom
- noun
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Seat — the buttocks or anus
back-side, seat, butt US, behind informal, rear, rump, tail, posterior, rest, bum UK CA, foot, ground, ass US, tush, fanny US, found, fundament, derriere, foundation, can, tail-end, root
2. Ship
3. Valley — low-lying land near a river with alluvial soil
valley, bottomland US, river bottom, meadow
4. Underside
Other
base, bed, floor, ground-work, depth, sub, dale, root cause, nadir, fundamental, catcher informal US, fundus
Adjective
lowermost, nether, bottom-most, nethermost formal dated
Definitions
- n. 1
Low-lying land near a river with alluvial soil.
- n. 2
The buttocks or anus.
- n. 3
The lowest part of anything.
Footers appear at the bottoms of pages.
- adj. 1
The lowest or last place or position.
Those files should go on the bottom shelf.
Related words
- Word family
- bot bottom-dwelling bottomland bottomless bottomness bottomonium bottom-shelf bottom-upwards
- Phrases
- bottom line bottom bitch bottom burp front bottom river bottom bottom drawer bottom feeder bottom man
- Is a kind of
- doee flavor
- Other spellings
- botton
Forms
- Plural
- bottoms → back-sides, seats, butts, behinds…
Example sentences
- foot It takes you an hour to go to the station on foot.
- rear Speak louder for the benefit of those in the rear.
- floor This elevator will take you up to the tenth floor.
- sub Berber traders spread Islam in sub-Saharan Africa.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| bottom | steady | |
| foot | steady | |
| rear | steady | |
| floor | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- can1, bed1, ass1, sub1, bum1
- 4 letters
- rest1, base1, foot1, ship1, seat1, rear1, root1, butt1, tail1, dale1, rump1, tush1
- 5 letters
- found1, floor1, depth1, fanny2, nadir2
- 6 letters
- behind2, ground1, valley2, vessel2, meadow2, nether2, fundus
- 7 letters
- catcher2
- 8 letters
- derriere
- 9 letters
- posterior3, underside3, freighter2, fundament, lowermost
- 10 letters
- foundation3, bottomland, nethermost
- 11 letters
- fundamental4, merchantman
- 12 letters
- undersurface
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fanny2 = 2 syllables).