Synonyms of gelding

gelding 1 of 2

noun

as in mare

Related Words

• mare
• colt
• stallion
• filly
• foal
• steed
• equine
• pony
• nag
• racehorse
• trotter
• mustang
• chestnut
• warhorse
• roan
• bronco
• mount
• equid
• palomino
• sorrel
• bay
• galloper
• black
• packhorse
• cow pony
• pinto
• saddle horse
• quarter horse
• dun
• buckskin
• hack
• workhorse
• charger
• prancer
• cob
• hackney
• courser
• skewbald
• cutting horse
• skate
• dobbin
• jade
• plug

gelding

2 of 2

verb

present participle of geld

as in castrating

to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality

by the time of the fourth rewrite, the screenplay had pretty much been gelded of all originality

Synonyms & Similar Words

• castrating
• undermining
• exhausting
• draining
• weakening
• wearing
• dehydrating
• damping
• petrifying
• enervating
• lobotomizing
• burning out
• wearing out
• desiccating
• debilitating
• devitalizing
• dampening
• deadening
• discouraging
• sapping
• enfeebling
• fatiguing
• doing in
• tuckering (out)
• disheartening
• daunting
• dispiriting
• demoralizing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• bracing
• stirring
• stimulating
• quickening
• charging
• invigorating
• energizing
• rousing
• enlivening
• arousing
• galvanizing
• electrifying
• vitalizing
• lifting
• vivifying
• exciting
• triggering
• firing
• fermenting
• inciting
• whipping (up)
• kindling
• provoking
• inflaming
• cheering
• fomenting
• abetting
• boosting
• sparking
• instigating
• inspiring
• reviving
• recharging
• resuscitating
• resurrecting
• rejuvenating
• buoying
• reawakening
• fortifying
• renewing
• regenerating
• revitalizing
• refreshing
• rekindling
• reactivating
• heartening
• emboldening
• reawaking
• reanimating
• reenergizing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of gelding

Noun

Meanwhile, a 7-year-old gelding owned by former NFL quarterback Jake Delhomme won the Grade II, $500,000 New Orleans Classic — and set a track record. — ABC News, 21 Mar. 2026

Trainer Shea Stuart's 7-year-old Cyber Secret gelding, a three-time local winner with 10 board finishes, tuned up with two races in open company. — Arkansas Online, 22 Feb. 2026

Verb

Those scenarios are plausible because college and pro sports are loaded with examples of teams gelding themselves to keep a star player happy. — Mac Engel april 16, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Apr. 2026

By gelding a choirboy, the Church would suspend his gossamer vocal cords so that a child’s song could live on in a man’s throat, backed, crucially, by a man’s powerful lungs. — Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026