| Main Entry: | gut |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stomach and abdomen |
Synonyms: |
belly, bowels, duodenum, entrails, innards, intestines, paunch, tripes, tummy, venter, viscera |
| Main Entry: | gut |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | clean out, strip |
Synonyms: |
bowel, decimate, despoil, dilapidate, disembowel, draw, dress, empty, eviscerate, exenterate, loot, pillage, plunder, ransack, ravage, rifle, sack |
Antonyms: |
fill |
| Main Entry: | guts |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nerve, boldness |
Synonyms: |
audacity, backbone*, courage, daring, dauntlessness, effrontery, forcefulness, fortitude, grit, hardihood, heart*, intestinal fortitude, mettle, moxie*, pluck, resolution, sand*, spine, spirit, spunk*, willpower |
Antonyms: |
cowardice, fear, timidity |
| Main Entry: | abdomen |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | the stomach and area directly below in an animate being |
Synonyms: |
bay window, belly, bowels, breadbasket, corporation, gut, guts, intestines, middle, midriff, midsection, paunch, pot, potbelly, spare tire, tummy, venter, viscera |
| Main Entry: | audacity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | recklessness, daring |
Synonyms: |
adventurousness, audaciousness, boldness, bravery, courage, dauntlessness, enterprise, fearlessness, guts, intrepidity, nerve, rashness, valor, venturesomeness |
Antonyms: |
care, carefulness, caution, reserve, timidity |
| Main Entry: | audacity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arrogance, presumptuousness |
Synonyms: |
assurance, audaciousness, brass, cheek, chutzpah*, cockiness, crust, defiance, disrespectfulness, effrontery, forwardness, gall, guts*, gutsiness, hardiness, impertinence, impudence, insolence, moxie, nerve, rudeness, shamelessness, spunk, stuff*, temerity |
Antonyms: |
gentility, humility, meekness, modesty, timidity, yielding |
| Main Entry: | authority |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | power, control |
Synonyms: |
ascendancy, authorization, beef, charge, clout*, command, credit, domination, dominion, edge, esteem, force, goods*, government, guts*, influence, juice*, jump, jurisdiction, leg up, license, mastery, might, might and main, permission, permit, pizzazz*, pow, powerhouse, prerogative, prestige, punch, right, ropes, rule, say, say-so, steam, strength, strong arm, stuff*, supremacy, sway, upper hand, warrant, weight, what it takes, whip hand, word, zap |
| Main Entry: | backbone |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strength of character |
Synonyms: |
courage, determination, firmness, fortitude, grit, guts, hardihood, heart, intestinal fortitude, mettle, moral fiber, nerve, pluck, resolution, resolve, spunk, stamina, steadfastness, tenacity, toughness, will, willpower |
Antonyms: |
ineptness, powerlessness, spinelessness, weakness |
| Main Entry: | belly |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stomach |
Synonyms: |
abdomen, bay window, beer belly, breadbasket, corporation*, front porch, gut, insides, intestines, paunch, pelvis, pot belly, pot, solar plexus, spare tire, tank, tummy, venter |
| Main Entry: | bite |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pungency; stinging sensation |
Synonyms: |
burn, edge, guts*, kick, piquancy, punch, spice, sting, zap, zip |