Synonyms for flesh
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
The soft tissue of the body, especially muscle and fat.
Related words
- Phrases
- flesh out flesh tunnel flesh and blood exchange flesh goose flesh in the flesh flesh and bone swine flesh
Forms
- Plural
- fleshes → bodies, forms, somas, anatomies…
Example sentences
- build It has taken forty-six years to build this temple.
- shape Ken'nichi made a pond in the shape of Lake Geneva.
- physique Tom has the perfect physique for a world-class rower.
- meat Tom bought some expensive meat to cook for dinner.
- pulp You sat there and watched me being beaten to a pulp.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| flesh | rising | |
| build | rising | |
| shape | steady | |
| physique | rising | |
| meat | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- bod
- 4 letters
- body2, form1, meat1, pulp1, soma2
- 5 letters
- build1, stock1, shape1, frame1, forme
- 6 letters
- figure2, corpus2
- 7 letters
- anatomy4, chassis2, kindred2
- 8 letters
- physique2
- 9 letters
- carnality
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (body2 = 2 syllables).