Synonyms for retch

Most common

vomit · puke · barf · regurgitate · keck

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

Definitions

1. v. 1

   To make or experience an unsuccessful effort to vomit; to strain or spasm, as if to vomit; to gag or nearly vomit.

2. v. 2

   To vomit; to make or experience a successful effort to vomit.

Forms

Past participle

retched
e.g. retched → puked, vomited, barfed, regurgitated…

Example sentences

• vomit Sometimes I see blades of grass in my cat's vomit.
• puke If you're going to puke, do it in the tote bag.
• barf "I'm gonna barf!" "Not inside the car, please!"
• regurgitate Many birds regurgitate food to feed their chicks.

Popularity over time

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

By length

3 letters

cat¹, gag¹

4 letters

sick¹, cast¹, puke¹, honk¹, spew¹, hurl¹, barf¹, keck¹, spue

5 letters

chuck¹, purge¹, vomit², heave¹

7 letters

upchuck, regorge

8 letters

disgorge²

11 letters

regurgitate⁴

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