belly

1 a need or desire for food his one concern in life seemed to be for his belly Synonyms appetite, hunger, emptiness, famishment, munchies, stomachRelated Words rapaciousness, rapacity, ravenousness, voraciousness, voracity; malnutrition, starvation, undernourishment; craving, sweet tooth; famine, fast, hunger strike; gluttony, gourmandism, greed, hoggishnessNear Antonyms fill, fullness, glut, repleteness, repletion, satiation, satiety, satisfaction, surfeitAntonyms 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, potbelly, corporation, gut, paunch, potRelated 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, stomach, breadbasket [slang], gut, solar plexus, tummyRelated 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 core, blood, bone(s), bosom, breast, gut, heart, heartstrings, inner space, inside, quick, soulRelated Words conscience, mind