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Synonyms for shit

  • noun
  • verb
  • adjective
  • interjection

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Fuck — A nasty, despicable person, used particularly of men

ass hole, arsehole UK, asshole US, bastard, prick, dick-head, jerk, scum, mother fucker, cocksucker, meanie informal, fuck vulgar, fucker vulgar, shithead vulgar, shathead UK, shitehead UK, motherfucker vulgar

2. Crap — nonsense; bullshit

bull, non-sense, guff, rubbish informal AU NZ, baloney US AU, hogwash, malarkey informal UK US IE, tripe UK, junk, manure, rot, poppycock informal, blah, heroin, blah-blah, piffle, hokum, moon-shine, bosh, bunk, flap doodle, fol de rol

3. Turd — usually solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels; feces

poop, poo, excrement, feces US CA, faeces UK, dump, dirt, do do informal US, stool, scat, dong, defecation, bowel movement, number two, turd vulgar, crud slang, dejection dated

4. Jack

diddly, squat, jack slang, diddly-squat slang US

Other

tinker's damn, hoot, pee-pee informal, red cent US, give-away, stuff dated

Verb

2. Take a crap — to defecate

defecate formal, make, take a crap vulgar slang, take a shit vulgar informal

Adjective

1. Shitty-ass — of poor quality; worthless

shitty-ass vulgar slang US, shitty vulgar slang

2. Unpleasant — nasty; despicable

unpleasant, contemptible

Interjection

1. Damn — expression of worry, failure, shock, etc., often at something seen for the first time or remembered…

damn, bugger, darn, shucks informal

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Usually solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels; feces.

    The field is covered in shit.

  2. v. 1

    To defecate.

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:shit.

  3. adj. 1

    Of poor quality; worthless.

    What a shit film that was!

  4. interj. 1

    Expression of worry, failure, shock, etc., often at something seen for the first time or remembered immediately before using this term.

    Shit! I think that I forgot to pack my sleeping bag last night!

Related words

Word family
shitter
Phrases
pile of shit go to shit take a shit piece of shit no shit stiff shit shit oneself shit show
Other spellings
shatt shott

Forms

Plural
shits → bastards, pricks, dick-heads, jerks…
Past participle
shiten
e.g. shiten → ratted, snitched, grassed, betrayed…

Example sentences

  • bastard I'll give that bastard a taste of his own medicine.
  • prick I now have the ability to be a pretentious prick.
  • bull He is not going to die. He is as strong as a bull.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
shitrising
bastardrising
prickrising

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

By length

3 letters
rat1, rot1, poo1
4 letters
make1, fuck1, damn1, shop1, jack1, bull1, dirt1, dump1, jerk1, junk1, blah1, dong1, scum1, poop1
5 letters
stuff1, grass1, prick1, stool1, squat1, feces2, tripe1, hokum2
6 letters
shitty2, heroin3, fucker2, betray2, manure2, snitch1, bugger2, faeces, shucks1, meanie, diddly, piffle
7 letters
asshole2, bastard2, rubbish2, baloney3, hogwash2
8 letters
denounce2, shithead2, arsehole2, malarkey3, defecate, shathead
9 letters
excrement3, dejection, poppycock3, shitehead
10 letters
unpleasant3, defecation, cocksucker3
12 letters
motherfucker4, contemptible4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (feces2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
merde
Italiano
merda
Español
mierda
Deutsch
scheiße
Català
merda