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Synonyms for puke

Most common

throw up vomit spew barf

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

Noun

1. Scumbag

low-life, so-and-so, bum, stinker, rat, skunk US, git, crumb, stinkpot, scumbag vulgar, rotter slang UK AU

Other

vomitus

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To vomit; to throw up; to eject from the stomach.

    Unfortunately, he could not hold it long enough till the end of the ride, so he puked on the bus seat.

  2. n. 1

    vomit.

Forms

Plural
pukes → low-lifes, so-and-sos, bums, stinkers…
Past participle
puked
e.g. puked → vomited, barfed, spewed, retched…

Example sentences

  • vomit Sometimes I see blades of grass in my cat's vomit.
  • barf "I'm gonna barf!" "Not inside the car, please!"

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
pukerising
vomitrising
spewrising
barfrising

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

By length

3 letters
cat1, rat1, bum1, git1
4 letters
sick1, cast1, honk1, spew1, hurl1, barf1, spue
5 letters
chuck1, purge1, vomit2, skunk1, eject2, crumb1, heave1, retch
6 letters
rotter2
7 letters
scumbag2, stinker, upchuck, vomitus, regorge
8 letters
disgorge2, stinkpot
11 letters
regurgitate4

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

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