Bacterial colonization of the intestine occurs after birth.
Source: tatoeba (799346)
Intestine
/ɪnˈtɛstɪn/
Synonyms for "intestine" (95 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: bowel, gut, abatis, abdomen, anus.
- Sentence evidence is available for intestine, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from wiktionary, wordnet, opengloss, moby, 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 "intestine".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "intestine"
Keep "intestine" 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 "intestine" 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 "intestine", 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 "intestine" 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
2 entrieslarge intestinesmall intestine
Collocations
5 entriesintestinal bacteriaintestinal liningintestinal walllarge intestinesmall intestine
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
1 entriesTranslations
285 translations across 145 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- derm noun (alimentary canal)
Albanian
1 entries- zorrë noun (alimentary canal)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἔντερον noun (alimentary canal)
Ao
1 entries- tar (Chungli) noun (alimentary canal)
Arabic
4 entries- أمعاء noun (alimentary canal)
- أَحْشَاء noun (alimentary canal)
- أَمْصِرَة noun (alimentary canal)
- أَمْعَاء noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
Aragonese
1 entries- zago noun (alimentary canal)
Armenian
2 entries- աղիք noun (alimentary canal)
- աղիք noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
Aromanian
1 entries- matsu noun (alimentary canal)
Asturian
1 entries- estantín noun (alimentary canal)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- bağırsaq noun (alimentary canal)
Bangi
1 entries- moncobo noun (alimentary canal)
Bashkir
2 entries- эсәк noun (alimentary canal)
- эсәк noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
Belarusian
3 entries- кі́шка noun (alimentary canal)
- кішэ́чнік noun (alimentary canal)
- чэ́рава noun (alimentary canal)
Bengali
1 entries- অন্ত্র noun (alimentary canal)
Bhojpuri
1 entries- आंत noun (alimentary canal)
Bikol Central
1 entries- bituka noun (alimentary canal)
Bulgarian
1 entries- черво́ noun (alimentary canal)
Burmese
2 entries- ဝမ်း noun (alimentary canal)
- အူ noun (alimentary canal)
Catalan
4 entries- budell noun (alimentary canal)
- budell noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
- intestí noun (alimentary canal)
- intestí noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
Cebuano
1 entries- tinai noun (alimentary canal)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- ڕیخۆڵە noun (alimentary canal)
Chinese
1 entries- чонзы noun (alimentary canal)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 腸子 /肠子 noun (alimentary canal)
- 腸管 /肠管 noun (alimentary canal)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 腸 /肠 noun (alimentary canal)
- 腸 /肠 noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
- 腸子 /肠子 noun (alimentary canal)
- 腸管 /肠管 noun (alimentary canal)
Church Slavic
2 entries- чрѣво noun (alimentary canal)
- ⱍⱃⱑⰲⱁ noun (alimentary canal)
Cimbrian
1 entries- buarst noun (alimentary canal)
Classical Nahuatl
1 entries- cuitlaxcolli noun (alimentary canal)
Czech
2 entries- střevo noun (alimentary canal)
- střevo noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
Danish
1 entries- tarm noun (alimentary canal)
Drung
1 entries- pvgyeu noun (alimentary canal)
Dutch
4 entries- darm noun (alimentary canal)
- darm noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
- ingewanden noun (alimentary canal)
- ingewanden noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
Erzya
1 entries- сюло noun (alimentary canal)
Esperanto
2 entries- intestaro noun (alimentary canal)
- intesto noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
Estonian
1 entries- sool noun (alimentary canal)
Finnish
3 entries- suolet noun (alimentary canal)
- suoli noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
- suolisto noun (alimentary canal)
French
3 entries- boyau noun (alimentary canal)
- intestin noun (alimentary canal)
- intestin noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
Galician
2 entries- intestino noun (alimentary canal)
- tripa noun (alimentary canal)
Georgian
4 entries- კუჭ-ნაწლავი noun (alimentary canal)
- კუჭ-ნაწლავი noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
- ნაწლავი noun (alimentary canal)
- ნაწლავი noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
German
4 entries- Darm noun (alimentary canal)
- Darm noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
- Eingeweide noun (alimentary canal)
- Eingeweide noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
Greek
2 entries- έντερο noun (alimentary canal)
- έντερο noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
Gujarati
1 entries- આંતરડું noun (alimentary canal)
Hawaiian
1 entries- naʻau noun (alimentary canal)
Hebrew
2 entries- מְעִי noun (alimentary canal)
- מְעִי noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
Higaonon
1 entries- bituka noun (alimentary canal)
Hindi
4 entries- अँतड़ी noun (alimentary canal)
- आँत noun (alimentary canal)
- आँत noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
- आंत noun (alimentary canal)
Hungarian
3 entries- bél noun (alimentary canal)
- bél noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
- zsiger noun (alimentary canal)
Hunsrik
1 entries- Daarem noun (alimentary canal)
Icelandic
1 entries- görn noun (alimentary canal)
Indonesian
1 entries- usus noun (alimentary canal)
Iranian Persian
3 entries- اَنْدَرونِه noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
- رودِه noun (alimentary canal)
- رودِه noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
Irish
3 entries- drólanna noun (alimentary canal)
- putóg noun (alimentary canal)
- putóg noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
Italian
2 entries- intestino noun (alimentary canal)
- intestino noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
Japanese
4 entries- 腸 noun (alimentary canal)
- 腸 noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
- 腸管 noun (alimentary canal)
- 腸管 noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
Javanese
1 entries- usus noun (alimentary canal)
Kapampangan
1 entries- bituka noun (alimentary canal)
Kazakh
1 entries- ішек noun (alimentary canal)
Khmer
2 entries- ពោះវៀន noun (alimentary canal)
- អន្តៈ noun (alimentary canal)
Kongo
1 entries- midia noun (alimentary canal)
Korean
4 entries- 배알 noun (alimentary canal)
- 배알 noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
- 창 noun (alimentary canal)
- 창자 noun (alimentary canal)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- ичеги noun (alimentary canal)
- ичек noun (alimentary canal)
Lao
4 entries- ລຳໃສ້ noun (alimentary canal)
- ລຳໄສ້ noun (alimentary canal)
- ໃສ້ noun (alimentary canal)
- ໄສ້ noun (alimentary canal)
Latin
1 entries- lactēs noun (alimentary canal)
Latvian
3 entries- zarna noun (alimentary canal)
- zarna noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
- zarnas noun (alimentary canal)
Laz
1 entries- მჭუ noun (alimentary canal)
Lezgi
1 entries- рад noun (alimentary canal)
Lingala
1 entries- monsopo noun (alimentary canal)
Lithuanian
2 entries- zarna noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
- žarnos noun (alimentary canal)
Low German
1 entries- Darm noun (alimentary canal)
Lower Sorbian
2 entries- crjowo noun (alimentary canal)
- crjowo noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
Lü
1 entries- ᦺᦉᧉ noun (alimentary canal)
Macedonian
2 entries- цре́во noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
- црево noun (alimentary canal)
Maguindanao
1 entries- tinay noun (alimentary canal)
Malagasy
1 entries- tsinay noun (alimentary canal)
Malay
1 entries- usus noun (alimentary canal)
Malayalam
2 entries- കുടൽ noun (alimentary canal)
- കുടൽ noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
Maltese
1 entries- musrana noun (alimentary canal)
Manchu
1 entries- ᡩᡠᡥᠠ noun (alimentary canal)
Mansaka
1 entries- tinai noun (alimentary canal)
Maranao
1 entries- tina'i noun (alimentary canal)
Mazanderani
1 entries- ریه noun (alimentary canal)
Mingrelian
1 entries- ჭჷ noun (alimentary canal)
Moksha
1 entries- сюла noun (alimentary canal)
Mongolian
4 entries- гэдэс noun (alimentary canal)
- гэдэс noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
- ᠭᠡᠳᠡᠰᠦ noun (alimentary canal)
- ᠭᠡᠳᠡᠰᠦ noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
Māori
4 entries- kōpiro noun (alimentary canal)
- ngākau noun (alimentary canal)
- piro noun (alimentary canal)
- piropiro terotero noun (alimentary canal)
Nanai
1 entries- пухин noun (alimentary canal)
Navajo
1 entries- achʼííʼ noun (alimentary canal)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- rûvî noun (alimentary canal)
Northern Sami
1 entries- čoalli noun (alimentary canal)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- tarm noun (alimentary canal)
- tarm noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
- tarmer noun (alimentary canal)
- tarmer noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
Norwegian Nynorsk
4 entries- tarm noun (alimentary canal)
- tarm noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
- tarmar noun (alimentary canal)
- tarmar noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
Nuosu
1 entries- ꃶ noun (alimentary canal)
Occitan
2 entries- budèl noun (alimentary canal)
- intestin noun (alimentary canal)
Ojibwe
1 entries- ninagizh noun (alimentary canal)
Old East Slavic
1 entries- чрево noun (alimentary canal)
Old English
1 entries- þearm noun (alimentary canal)
Old Frisian
1 entries- therm noun (alimentary canal)
Oromo
1 entries- xeerii noun (alimentary canal)
Ottoman Turkish
4 entries- باغرساق noun (alimentary canal)
- باغرساق noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
- روده noun (alimentary canal)
- روده noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
Pali
1 entries- anta noun (alimentary canal)
Pashto
1 entries- انډاره noun (alimentary canal)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Doarm noun (alimentary canal)
Polish
4 entries- jelito noun (alimentary canal)
- jelito noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
- kiszka noun (alimentary canal)
- trzewo noun (alimentary canal)
Portuguese
2 entries- intestino noun (alimentary canal)
- intestino noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
Punjabi
2 entries- آنْدَر noun (alimentary canal)
- ਆਂਦਰ noun (alimentary canal)
Romanian
4 entries- intestin noun (alimentary canal)
- intestin noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
- intestine noun (alimentary canal)
- maț noun (alimentary canal)
Romansch
1 entries- begl noun (alimentary canal)
Russian
4 entries- кише́чник noun (alimentary canal)
- кише́чник noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
- кишка́ noun (alimentary canal)
- кишка́ noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
Sanskrit
2 entries- अन्त्र noun (alimentary canal)
- गुद noun (alimentary canal)
Saterland Frisian
4 entries- Tierm noun (alimentary canal)
- Tierm noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
- Täirm noun (alimentary canal)
- Täirm noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- caolan noun (alimentary canal)
- caolan noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
- greallach noun (alimentary canal)
- greallach noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- crijévo noun (alimentary canal)
- crévo noun (alimentary canal)
- цре́во noun (alimentary canal)
- црије́во noun (alimentary canal)
Shan
1 entries- သႆႈ noun (alimentary canal)
Sicilian
4 entries- ntistinu noun (alimentary canal)
- ntistinu noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
- vudeḍḍu noun (alimentary canal)
- vudeḍḍu noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
Sindhi
1 entries- آنڊو noun (alimentary canal)
Slovak
1 entries- črevo noun (alimentary canal)
Slovene
2 entries- črevo noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
- črevọ̑ noun (alimentary canal)
Spanish
4 entries- intestino noun (alimentary canal)
- intestino noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
- intestinos noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
- mondongo noun (alimentary canal)
Sundanese
1 entries- peujit noun (alimentary canal)
Svan
1 entries- ჭინჭილ noun (alimentary canal)
Swedish
4 entries- inälvor noun (alimentary canal)
- inälvor noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
- tarm noun (alimentary canal)
- tarm noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
Tagalog
1 entries- bituka noun (alimentary canal)
Tajik
1 entries- рӯда noun (alimentary canal)
Tamil
2 entries- குடல் noun (alimentary canal)
- குடல் noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
Tarifit
2 entries- adan noun (alimentary canal)
- bururu noun (alimentary canal)
Tatar
1 entries- эчәк noun (alimentary canal)
Thai
3 entries- ลำไส้ noun (alimentary canal)
- ลำไส้ noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
- ไส้ noun (alimentary canal)
Tibetan
1 entries- རྒྱུ་མ noun (alimentary canal)
Tigrinya
1 entries- መዓንጣ noun (alimentary canal)
Turkish
2 entries- bağırsak noun (alimentary canal)
- bağırsak noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
Turkmen
2 entries- iç noun (alimentary canal)
- içege noun (alimentary canal)
Ukrainian
3 entries- ки́шка noun (alimentary canal)
- кише́чник noun (alimentary canal)
- че́рево noun (alimentary canal)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- črjewo noun (alimentary canal)
Urdu
1 entries- آنْت noun (alimentary canal)
Uyghur
1 entries- ئۈچەي noun (alimentary canal)
Uzbek
1 entries- ichak noun (alimentary canal)
Vietnamese
2 entries- ruột noun (alimentary canal)
- ruột noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
Volapük
2 entries- ninäm noun (alimentary canal)
- ninäm noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
Welsh
1 entries- coluddyn noun (alimentary canal)
West-Frisian
2 entries- term noun (alimentary canal)
- term noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
Western Apache
1 entries- bichʼįʼ noun (alimentary canal)
Wolof
1 entries- butit noun (alimentary canal)
Yiddish
2 entries- געדערעם noun (alimentary canal)
- קישקע noun (alimentary canal)
Zazaki
1 entries- roqıla noun (alimentary canal)
Zhuang
1 entries- saej noun (alimentary canal)
Zulu
2 entries- ithumbu noun (alimentary canal)
- ithumbu noun (subdivision of the alimentary canal)
Sample sentences
26 total sentences available.
The large intestine absorbs water.
Source: tatoeba (2275193)
The large intestine is about 1.5m long.
Source: tatoeba (2275309)
The stomach connects to the small intestine.
Source: tatoeba (2275311)
Showing 4 of 26 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "intestine"?
Closest matches include bowel, gut, abatis, abdomen, anus.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "intestine"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.