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Synonyms for vein

Most common

humor US lode vena

All synonyms

Noun

1. Shit pipe

shit pipe informal, poop tube informal, poo tube informal

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart.

    The nurse hovered her vein finder to locate the veins in the patient's body.

Forms

Plural
veins → streaks, humors, nerves, touches…

Example sentences

  • humor Of all of us, Tom had the craziest sense of humor.
  • lode This is the richest uranium lode I've seen.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
veinsteady
humorrising
lodefalling
venasteady

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

By length

4 letters
mood1, seam1, lode1, vena2
5 letters
touch1, humor2, nerve1
6 letters
strain1, streak1, humour2, stripe1
11 letters
disposition4
14 letters
characteristic5

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (vena2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
filon
Italiano
filone
Deutsch
Ader