GIRTH Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

ˈgərth

as in circumference

the distance around a round body a fallen tree with a girth of some 26 feet making it wide enough for a full-grown man to walk through

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verb

as in to wrap

to encircle or bind with or as if with a belt you'll need to make sure you girth the saddle tightly or you'll fall off the horse

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Recent Examples of girth

Noun

With his girth, incredible wingspan (85 inches) and arm length (35 inches), Collins is the requisite two-gap defensive tackle necessary for San Francisco’s defense. —

Sam Warren, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026 But our yeti needs some girth and needs heft. —

Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Apr. 2026 For a creature that’s only the girth of a fingernail, the damage that quagga mussels wreak is outsize. —

Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 13 Mar. 2026 For the men spending tens of thousands of dollars to add a couple inches of girth to their genitals, there is always a deeper insecurity not being directly addressed. —

Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 12 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for girth

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Noun

There’s an entire salad bowl of chocolate mousse, perfectly bitter and rich, and a Paris-Brest the circumference of a tricycle wheel, with enormous puffs of hazelnut mousse and a dripping seam of blackberry jam.

— Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 14 June 2026
That ball of twine stands at least 11 feet tall, weighs almost 29,000 pounds and has a circumference of at least 46 feet.

— Staff, USA Today, 8 June 2026