The man wore a gun on his hip.
Source: tatoeba (45324)
Hip
/hɪp/
Synonyms for "hip" (147 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (30)
Strong matches (44)
Related words (73)
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Show 40 more words
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Adjective(1 words)
Noun(11 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: hip joint, acquaint, advise, all the rage, all the thing.
- Sentence evidence is available for hip, 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 "hip".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "hip"
Keep "hip" 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 "hip" 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 "hip", 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 "hip" 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
20 entriesanatomical descriptoranatomical partarticulatio spheroideaball-and-socket jointbody partcommunication verbcotyloid jointenarthrodial jointenarthrosisexclamationexterior angleexternal anglefashionable descriptorfruitgirdlejoint
Showing 16 of 20 words.
More specific
11 entriesCollocations
19 entrieship abductionhip adductionhip bonehip culturehip fashionhip fracturehip hip hoorayhip hophip jointhip replacementhip sockethip someone tohip stylehip to the datasethip to the facthip to the method
Showing 16 of 19 words.
Inflections
5 entriesDerivations
3 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
133 translations across 99 languages.
Abkhaz
1 entries- ауаҭәа noun (joint)
Afrikaans
1 entries- heup noun (joint)
Albanian
1 entries- këllk noun (joint)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἰσχίον noun (joint)
Arabic
3 entries- خصر noun (joint)
- ورك noun (joint)
- وَرِك noun (joint)
Armenian
3 entries- ազդր noun (joint)
- բուդ noun (joint)
- զիստ noun (joint)
Asturian
1 entries- cadera noun (joint)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- bud noun (joint)
Basque
1 entries- aldaka noun (joint)
Bau Bidayuh
1 entries- kubab noun (joint)
Belarusian
2 entries- бядро́ noun (joint)
- сцягно́ noun (joint)
Bhojpuri
1 entries- कूल्हा noun (joint)
Bikol Central
1 entries- iksan noun (joint)
Bulgarian
2 entries- бедро́ noun (joint)
- тазобедрена става noun (joint)
Catalan
1 entries- maluc noun (joint)
Central Melanau
2 entries- kabut noun (joint)
- pupoh noun (joint)
Chechen
1 entries- варе noun (joint)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 髖 /髋 noun (joint)
Coptic
1 entries- ⲕⲉⲣ noun (joint)
Cornish
1 entries- klun noun (joint)
Czech
1 entries- kyčel noun (joint)
Danish
1 entries- hofte noun (joint)
Dari
1 entries- خاصره noun (joint)
Dhivehi
1 entries- އުރު noun (joint)
Dutch
1 entries- heup noun (joint)
Elfdalian
1 entries- myörn noun (joint)
Esperanto
1 entries- kokso noun (joint)
Faroese
1 entries- mjødn noun (joint)
Finnish
2 entries- lanne noun (joint)
- lonkka noun (joint)
French
1 entries- hanche noun (joint)
Galician
4 entries- anca noun (joint)
- cadeira noun (joint)
- cadril noun (joint)
- caeira noun (joint)
Gamilaraay
1 entries- baa noun (joint)
Georgian
2 entries- ბარძაყი noun (joint)
- თეძო noun (joint)
German
1 entries- Hüfte noun (joint)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌷𐌿𐍀𐍃 noun (joint)
Greek
1 entries- ισχίο noun (joint)
Haitian Creole
2 entries- anch noun (joint)
- ranch noun (joint)
Hebrew
1 entries- יָרֵךְ noun (joint)
Hindi
1 entries- कूल्हा noun (joint)
Hungarian
1 entries- csípő noun (joint)
Icelandic
1 entries- mjöðm noun (joint)
Ido
1 entries- hancho noun (joint)
Indonesian
2 entries- pinggang noun (joint)
- pinggul noun (joint)
Ingrian
1 entries- bedra noun (joint)
Ingush
1 entries- ха noun (joint)
Irish
3 entries- alt an chromáin noun (joint)
- corróg noun (joint)
- cromán noun (joint)
Italian
1 entries- anca noun (joint)
Japanese
1 entries- 腰 noun (joint)
Kapampangan
2 entries- papaluan noun (joint)
- papalwan noun (joint)
Kaurna
1 entries- miti noun (joint)
Khmer
1 entries- កណ្ដៀតក្អម noun (joint)
Korean
1 entries- 허리 noun (joint)
Ladin
1 entries- uf noun (joint)
Latgalian
1 entries- lytka noun (joint)
Latin
1 entries- coxa noun (joint)
Latvian
1 entries- gurns noun (joint)
Lushootseed
1 entries- xʷʔiləlugʷəb noun (joint)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Hëft noun (joint)
Macedonian
1 entries- колк noun (joint)
Malay
2 entries- koksa noun (joint)
- pinggul noun (joint)
Malayalam
1 entries- ഇടുപ്പ് noun (joint)
Mongolian
2 entries- гуя noun (joint)
- ташаа noun (joint)
Navajo
1 entries- akʼaiʼ noun (joint)
Nepali
1 entries- नितम्ब noun (joint)
Norman
1 entries- hanque noun (joint)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- hofte noun (joint)
- mjødm noun (joint)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- hofte noun (joint)
- mjødm noun (joint)
Occitan
1 entries- anca noun (joint)
Ojibwe
1 entries- ninoogan noun (joint)
Old English
1 entries- hype noun (joint)
Old Norse
1 entries- mjǫðm noun (joint)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- قالچه noun (joint)
- كفل noun (joint)
- ورك noun (joint)
Pennsylvania German
1 entries- Hift noun (joint)
Persian
1 entries- کفل noun (joint)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Hoft noun (joint)
Polish
1 entries- biodro noun (joint)
Portuguese
2 entries- anca noun (joint)
- quadril noun (joint)
Romanian
1 entries- șold noun (joint)
Russian
1 entries- бедро́ noun (joint)
Santali
1 entries- ᱰᱩᱠᱮ noun (joint)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- kuk noun (joint)
- кук noun (joint)
Slovak
1 entries- bedro noun (joint)
Spanish
4 entries- anca noun (joint)
- cadera noun (joint)
- cuadril noun (joint)
- rengadero noun (joint)
Swahili
2 entries- nyonga noun (joint)
- unyonga noun (joint)
Swedish
1 entries- höft noun (joint)
Tagalog
2 entries- balakang noun (joint)
- bugnit noun (joint)
Tarifit
1 entries- tameṣṣaṭṭ noun (joint)
Tatar
1 entries- бот noun (joint)
Thai
1 entries- สะโพก noun (joint)
Tooro
1 entries- enyugunyu class 9 noun (joint)
Turkish
1 entries- kalça noun (joint)
Tuvan
3 entries- бел кежи noun (joint)
- бел кежик noun (joint)
- бел кеш noun (joint)
Ukrainian
2 entries- бедро́ noun (joint)
- ку́льша noun (joint)
Vietnamese
1 entries- hông noun (joint)
Volapük
1 entries- hip noun (joint)
Welsh
1 entries- clun noun (joint)
Western Apache
1 entries- bikʼai noun (joint)
Woiwurrung
1 entries- muluñ noun (joint)
Yiddish
1 entries- לענדן noun (joint)
Sample sentences
24 total sentences available.
Like it or not, we're in this together. All we can do is work as closely as if we were joined at the hip.
Source: tatoeba (65837)
I am aware that my hip aches when it rains.
Source: tatoeba (256135)
Tom slipped on ice and broke his hip last winter.
Source: tatoeba (1040557)
Showing 4 of 24 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "hip"?
Closest matches include hip joint, acquaint, advise, all the rage, all the thing.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "hip"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.