Descartes thought that the mind and body were joined in the pineal gland.
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Gland
/ɡlænd/
Synonyms for "gland" (52 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (11)
Noun(2 words)
secretory organaden
Strong matches (15)
Adjective(1 words)
Noun(1 words)
Related words (26)
panhypopituitarismpheochromocytomapineal bodyprostateprostate glandringsexual precocityspermarystoppingstuffingtampontesticlethyroidthyroid glandthyrotoxicosistoxic goiterwadding
Adjective(1 words)
secretory gland
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: secretory organ, acromegaly, aden, adrenal, breast.
- Sentence evidence is available for gland, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from wordnet, opengloss, moby, derived_reverse, and related lexical sources.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "gland".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "gland"
Keep "gland" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "gland" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "gland", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "gland" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
4 entriesMore specific
6 entriesCollocations
6 entriesendocrine glandexocrine glandglandular tissuepancreatic glandsalivary glandthyroid gland
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
1 entriesTranslations
106 translations across 84 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- gjëndër noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀδήν noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Arabic
3 entries- غدة noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
- غُدَّة noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
- غُدَّة noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Armenian
1 entries- գեղձ noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Asturian
1 entries- glándula noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- vəzi noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Bashkir
1 entries- биҙ noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Basque
1 entries- guruin noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Belarusian
1 entries- зало́за noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Bengali
1 entries- গ্রন্থি noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Bulgarian
1 entries- жлеза́ noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Burmese
1 entries- ဂလင်း noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Catalan
1 entries- glàndula noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Central Kurdish
3 entries- دوبشی noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
- دوشوال noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
- دژێن noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 腺 noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
- 腺體 /腺体 noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Czech
1 entries- žláza noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Danish
1 entries- kirtel noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Dutch
1 entries- klier noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Esperanto
1 entries- glando noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Estonian
1 entries- nääre noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Finnish
1 entries- rauhanen noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
French
1 entries- glande noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Galician
1 entries- glándula noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Georgian
1 entries- ჯირკვალი noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
German
2 entries- Drüse noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
- Stinkdrüse noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Greek
1 entries- αδένας noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Hebrew
1 entries- בַּלּוּטָה noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Hindi
1 entries- ग्रंथि noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Hungarian
1 entries- mirigy noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Icelandic
1 entries- kirtill noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Ido
1 entries- glando noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Indonesian
2 entries- glandula noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
- kelenjar noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Ingrian
1 entries- rauha noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Interlingua
1 entries- glandula noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Irish
1 entries- faireog noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Italian
1 entries- ghiandola noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Japanese
2 entries- グランド noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
- 腺 noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Javanese
1 entries- klanjer noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Karachay-Balkar
1 entries- без noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Kazakh
1 entries- без noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Khmer
3 entries- ក្រពេញ noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
- ក្លង់ noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
- គ្រន្ថី noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Korean
1 entries- 선 noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- без noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Lao
1 entries- ຕ່ອມ noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Latvian
1 entries- dziedzeris noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Lithuanian
1 entries- liauka noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Drüs noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Macedonian
1 entries- жлезда noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Malay
1 entries- kelenjar noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Marathi
1 entries- ग्रंथी noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Mongolian
1 entries- булчирхай noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Māori
1 entries- repe noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Navajo
1 entries- akááz noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Nogai
1 entries- без noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Norn
1 entries- jetel noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Northern Kurdish
3 entries- livik noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
- rijên noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
- toşpî noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- kjertel noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- kjertel noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Ossetian
1 entries- рӕзынӕг noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Pashto
3 entries- غده noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
- مرغېړى noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
- پرګی noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Persian
3 entries- بالو noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
- دژپیه noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
- غده noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Polish
1 entries- gruczoł noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Portuguese
1 entries- glândula noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Romanian
1 entries- glandă noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Russian
1 entries- железа́ noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- žlezda noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
- žlijezda noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
- жлезда noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
- жлијезда noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Slovak
1 entries- žľaza noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Slovene
1 entries- žleza noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Spanish
1 entries- glándula noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Swedish
1 entries- körtel noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Tagalog
1 entries- katasan noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Tajik
2 entries- ғадуд noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
- ғудда noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Tamil
1 entries- சுரப்பி noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Thai
1 entries- ต่อม noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Turkish
2 entries- bez noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
- salgı bezi noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Turkmen
1 entries- mäz noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Ukrainian
1 entries- за́лоза noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- žałza noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Urdu
1 entries- غدہ noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Uyghur
1 entries- بەز noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Uzbek
1 entries- bez noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Vietnamese
1 entries- tuyến noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Volapük
2 entries- glan noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
- mismelaglan noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Welsh
1 entries- chwarren noun (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
There's something wrong with her thyroid gland.
Source: tatoeba (4091040)
Hypophysitis is an inflammation of the pituitary gland.
Source: tatoeba (6199788)
A tumor of the pituitary gland can cause hypopituitarism.
Source: tatoeba (6199798)
Showing 4 of 10 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "gland"?
Closest matches include secretory organ, acromegaly, aden, adrenal, breast.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "gland"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.