Synonyms for spleen
Definitions
- n. 1
In vertebrates, including humans, a ductless vascular gland, located in the upper left abdomen near the stomach, which destroys old red blood cells, removes debris from the bloodstream, acts as a reservoir of blood, and produces lymphocytes.
- n. 2
A fit of immoderate laughter or merriment.
Related words
- Word family
- spleenish spleenless spleenwort spleeny splenetic splenic splenomegaly
- Phrases
- accessory spleen vent one's spleen
Forms
- Plural
- spleens → irascibilities, angers, biles, galls…
Example sentences
- anger Susan broke the dish on purpose to show her anger.
- bile Where does all your bile come from?
By length
- 4 letters
- gall1, bile1, lien1, milt1
- 5 letters
- anger2, spite1, wrath1, venom2
- 6 letters
- malice2, grudge1, enmity3, rancor2, choler
- 7 letters
- rancour, megrims
- 8 letters
- acrimony4
- 9 letters
- animosity5, virulence3
- 10 letters
- bitterness3, melancholy4
- 11 letters
- malevolence
- 12 letters
- irascibility
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (anger2 = 2 syllables).