- gut
- n1. abdomen, belly, stomach, Inf. tummy, Sl. breadbasket, Scot, and North Eng. wame; mid-alimentary canal, intestine, bowel, colon; colonic cavity, intestinal cavity; visceral cavity, Anat., Zool. venter, ventral region, ventricular cavity, Anat. epigastrium; pouch, (of birds) crop, craw, maw, ingluvies, (of birds) proventriculus; (both of ruminating animals) first stomach, rumen.2. intestinal tissue, intestinal fiber; catgut.3.Often gutsinsides, inwards, Inf. innards; vitals, vital organs, vital parts, viscera, (of animals) entrails; Inf. gizzard, Inf. solar plexus, Sl. where one lives.4. gutsInformal. a. courage, bravery, backbone, grit, nerve, Sl. gutsiness, heart, fortitude, intestinal fortitude; gumption, spunk, spunkiness, pluck, pluckiness; game, gameness, mettle, spirit.b. confidence, assurance, fearlessness, dauntlessness; stout-heartedness, valor, boldness, audacity, audaciousness, daring, derring-do.c. willpower, tenacity, staying power, integrity; endurance, stamina, resourcefulness.5. narrows, pass, passage, canal, channel, sound, strait, dell, neck, isthmus, Scot. kyle; gap, ravine, gorge, notch, flume, defile; gulch, gully, trench.6. disembowel, embowel, bowel, eviscerate, Rare. viscerate, exenterate.7. devitalize, weaken, enervate; debilitate, enfeeble, deplete, sap, exhaust.8. rob, loot, strip, pirate, plunder, sack, ransack; pillage, forage, maraud, raid, rifle, spoil, despoil, spoliate; rape, ravage, ravish, devastate, waste, lay waste, depredate, harry.9. consume, annihilate, demolish; raze, level, fell; ruin, destroy.adj10.Informal. instinctive, intuitive, emotional, visceral.11. relevant, key, essential, quintessential; fundamental, basic, Inf. meat-and-potatoes.
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.