Rib

/ɹɪb/

Synonyms for "rib" (184 found)

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Closest matches (37)

Noun(4 words)

banterbetter halfbilgeblade roastblain bleb blister blob bone boss bow breast brisket bubble bulb bulge bulla bump bunch burl

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button cahot chaff chateaubriand chine chuckchuck roastclod clumpcold cuts

Verb(3 words)

bantered blackguard chaffed

Strong matches (55)

common-law wifecompanion concubine condyle convex deride dowel ear femefeme covertfilet mignonflange flank flap fool fun gall gibe gnarl goodwife

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goody handle haze helpmate helpmeet hill hump hunch jape jest jive jog joggle joke jolly josh kid knob knot knuckle

Noun(10 words)

corrugations costacostal bonecrest jokes joking josh joshing kid kidding

Verb(5 words)

guyjest atjoshed joshes kidded

Related words (92)

knur knurl lady lip loin loop lumpmarried womanmatron mock mole mountain needle nevus nub nubbin nubbleold ladyold womanpapilloma

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parody parts peg plateplate piecepokepot roastpullput onrack rag rally razzrib roastribs ride ridge ring roastrolled roastround rumprump roastsaddle scoff shank shipshort ribsshouldershoulder clodsirloin spine squaw stud style support tab taunt tease tenderloin tubercle tubercule twit verruca vesicle wale wartwedded wifewelt wife woman

Verb(7 words)

laugh atmake fun ofmockpoke funridicule roast teased

Noun(14 words)

ragging razz razzing rhibhusrib bonerib vaultridge scherzi stiffener stiffeners tease teases teasing wales

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More general

22 entries

anatomical structurebemockbodily structurebody structurebone commentcomplex body partcutcut of meatinput knit mock molding moulding os remark

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More specific

10 entries

arch ribfalse ribfloating ribjoshing kidlateral ribmidrib razzingrib vaulttrue rib

Collocations

10 entries

false ribfloating ribfriendly ribbinggood natured ribbinglight ribbingplayful ribbingrib bonerib cageribbingtrue rib

Inflections

3 entries

ribbed ribbing ribs

Derivations

3 entries

ribbed ribbing ribs

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

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Our neighbor has broken a rib.

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I just cracked a rib.

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And the Lord God built the rib which He took from Adam into a woman.

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I broke a rib falling.

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