1. belly
noun. ['ˈbɛli'] the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis.
Synonyms
- body part
- abdominal aorta
- arteria colica
- bellybutton
- bowel
- venter
- omphalos
- trunk
- colic artery
- belly button
- ab
- underbelly
- abdominal wall
- navel
- intestine
- hypochondrium
- gut
- body
- torso
- abdomen
- umbilicus
- abdominal
- underbody
- stomach
- omphalus
- abdominal muscle
Antonyms
- thickness
- thin
- hardness
- forbid
Etymology
- bælg (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
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Words that Rhyme with Belly
- petruzzelli
- pasquinelli
- pasquarelli
- filtrenelli
- berardinelli
- agostinelli
- vecchiarelli
- tortorelli
- stefanelli
- signorelli
- santorelli
- santarelli
- saltarelli
- rondinelli
- robustelli
- pontarelli
- polsinelli
- piscitelli
- pignatelli
- petrucelli
- petruccelli
- petrocelli
- patricelli
- pascarelli
- mignanelli
- martorelli
- mancinelli
- machiavelli
- gencarelli
- carpinelli
Example sentences of the word belly
1. Adverb
Start rinsing at his rear and work your way forward, paying attention to his belly and legs.
2. Noun, singular or mass
She may stand on one leg, tucking the other up under her warm belly.
3. Verb, past participle
Over time the scar disappears, leaving the question: Do dogs have belly buttons?
Quotes containing the word belly
1. I don't need someone with a hot body. He can be fat or overweight and have a belly. It's very much about style and substance and humor, interest, curiosity and really being smart.
- Kate Walsh
2. Do you know how many ways love can hit you? So it makes you happy, or miserable? It makes you sick in the belly or hurt in the heart. It makes everything brighter and sharper, or it blurs all the edges. It makes you feel like a king or a fool. Every way love can hit you, it's hit me when it comes to you
- Nora Roberts, Black Hills
3. ...How would you like to die, Tyrion son of Tywin?""In my own bed, with a belly full of wine and a maiden's mouth around my cock, at the age of eighty,"he replied.
- George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
2. belly-land
verb. land on the underside without the landing gear.
Synonyms
- set down
Antonyms
- leave
3. belly-flop
verb. dive so that one hits the water with one's belly.
Antonyms
- rise
4. belly-up
adjective. financially ruined.
Synonyms
- bankrupt
Antonyms
- achiever
- enrich
5. blue-belly
noun. common western lizard; seen on logs or rocks.
Synonyms
- fence lizard
- swift
- Sceloporus occidentalis
6. belly
noun. ['ˈbɛli'] a protruding abdomen.
Synonyms
- paunch
- trunk
- adipose tissue
- tummy
- bay window
- corporation
- fat
- potbelly
- body
- torso
- fatty tissue
Antonyms
- solidity
- unbreakableness
- softness
- thick
Etymology
- bælg (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
7. belly
noun. ['ˈbɛli'] the underpart of the body of certain vertebrates such as snakes or fish.
Synonyms
- underpart
- craniate
Antonyms
- fill
- artifact
- thinness
Etymology
- bælg (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
8. belly
noun. ['ˈbɛli'] a part that bulges deeply.
Synonyms
- hump
- prominence
- bulge
- protrusion
- bump
- gibbosity
- jut
- extrusion
- gibbousness
- excrescence
- protuberance
Antonyms
- angular
- mesomorphic
- leanness
- starve
Etymology
- bælg (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
9. belly
noun. ['ˈbɛli'] the hollow inside of something.
Synonyms
- interior
Antonyms
- disallow
- disinclination
Etymology
- bælg (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
10. belly
verb. ['ˈbɛli'] swell out or bulge out.
Synonyms
- intumesce
- tumesce
- swell up
- tumefy
- swell
Antonyms
- unfruitful
- unprofitable
- straighten
- obscurity
Etymology
- bælg (Old English (ca. 450-1100))