Synonyms for vomit
- verb
- noun
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Puke
puke informal, barf informal US, spew, throw up informal, retch, be sick informal, regurgitate, sick, belch, disgorge, spew up, bring up, heave, eject, purge, regorge, spue, chuck slang, hurl slang, cat slang dated, cast dated, shoot the cat slang dated UK
Other
lose one's lunch slang
Noun
1. Puking
Definitions
- v. 1
To regurgitate or eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; puke.
- n. 1
The regurgitated former contents of a stomach; vomitus.
- n. 2
The act of regurgitating.
Related words
Example sentences
- sick The doctor sat up all night with the sick old man.
- regurgitate Many birds regurgitate food to feed their chicks.
- retch Sorry for what I wrote, because I wanted to retch.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| vomit | rising | |
| sick | rising | |
| spew | rising | |
| regurgitate | rising | |
| retch | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- cat1
- 4 letters
- sick1, cast1, puke1, honk1, spew1, hurl1, barf1, spue
- 5 letters
- chuck1, purge1, eject2, heave1, belch1, retch
- 6 letters
- puking2, emetic3, emesis
- 7 letters
- purging2, upchuck, vomitus, regorge
- 8 letters
- disgorge2, nauseant, vomitive
- 11 letters
- regurgitate4
- 12 letters
- disgorgement3
- 13 letters
- regurgitation
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (eject2 = 2 syllables).