belly

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Definition of BELLY

1

a need or desire for food <his one concern in life seemed to be for his belly>

Synonyms appetite, belly, emptiness, famishment, munchies, stomach

Related Words rapaciousness, rapacity, ravenousness, voraciousness, voracity; malnutrition, starvation, undernourishment; craving, sweet tooth; famine, fast, hunger strike; gluttony, gourmandism, greed, hoggishness

Near Antonyms fill, fullness, glut, repleteness, repletion, satiation, satiety, satisfaction, surfeit

Antonyms inappetence

2

an enlarged or bulging abdomen <vowed to get rid of his belly in time to attend his class reunion>

Synonyms bay window, beer belly, belly, corporation, gut, paunch, pot

Related Words breadbasket [slang], stomach, tummy; chubbiness, corpulence, fat, fatness, fleshiness, obesity, overweight, paunchiness, plumpness, portliness, pudginess; chunkiness, heaviness, stoutness

3

the part of the body between the chest and the pelvis <a baby with a round little belly>

Synonyms abdomen, belly, breadbasket [slang], gut, solar plexus, tummy

Related Words middle, midriff, waist; paunch, potbelly; thorax

4

the seat of one's deepest thoughts and emotions <in my belly I knew that he wasn't telling the truth, as the details of his story just didn't add up>

Synonyms belly, blood, bone(s), bosom, breast, gut, heart, heartstrings, inner space, inside, quick, soul

Related Words conscience, mind