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belly

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of belly

1 a need or desire for food

  • as dinnertime approached he could think only of his belly
Synonyms of belly

appetite, emptiness, famishment, hunger, munchies, stomach
Words Related to belly

rapaciousness, rapacity, ravenousness, voraciousness, voracity

malnutrition, starvation, undernourishment

craving, sweet tooth

famine, fast, hunger strike

gluttony, gourmandism, greed, hoggishness
Near Antonyms of belly

fill, fullness, glut, repleteness, repletion, satiation, satiety, satisfaction, surfeit
Antonyms of belly

inappetence

2 an enlarged or bulging abdomen

  • worked hard to get rid of his belly in time to attend his class reunion
Synonyms of belly

bay window, beer belly, corporation, gut, paunch, pot, potbelly
Words Related to belly

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 of belly

abdomen, breadbasket [slang], gut, solar plexus, stomach, tummy
Words Related to belly

middle, midriff, waist

paunch, potbelly

thorax

4 the seat of oneʼs 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 of belly

blood, bone(s), bosom, breast, core, gut, heart, heartstrings, inner space, inside, quick, soul
Words Related to belly

conscience, mind

belly

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of belly

1 to extend outward beyond a usual point

  • the sails slowly bellied as the wind picked up
Synonyms of belly

bag, balloon, beetle, billow, bulge, bunch, jut, overhang, poke, pooch [chiefly dialect], pouch, pout, project, protrude, stand out, start, stick out, swell
Words Related to belly

dome

blow up, inflate

dilate, distend, expand

mushroom, snowball

elongate, extend, lengthen, stretch
Near Antonyms of belly

compress, condense, constrict, contract, shrink

2 to move slowly with the body close to the ground

  • recruits were forced to belly over the obstacle course under simulated enemy fire
Synonyms of belly

crawl, creep, grovel, slide, slither, snake, worm, wriggle
Words Related to belly

crouch, squat

edge, inch, nose

skulk, sneak, steal, tiptoe

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