Rib

//ɹɪb//

Synonyms for "rib" (176 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (36)

bone banter better half bilge blade roast blain bleb blister blob boss bow breast brisket bubble bulb bulge bulla bump bunch burl

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button cahot chaff chateaubriand chine chuck chuck roast clod clump cold cuts common-law wife companion concubine condyle

Verb(1 words)

blackguard

Noun(1 words)

bone

Strong matches (52)

convex deride dowel ear feme feme covert filet mignon flange flank flap fool fun gall gibe gnarl goodwife goody handle haze helpmate

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helpmeet hill hump hunch jape jest jive jog joggle joke jolly josh kid knob knot knuckle knur knurl lady lip loin

Noun(2 words)

costa hound's tongue

Verb(9 words)

disparage forgab guy jeer jest at jibe lampoon laugh at laugh to scorn

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

8 relation types

More general

18 entries

anatomical structure bemock bodily structure body structure bone comment complex body part cut cut of meat input knit mock molding moulding os remark

Showing 16 of 18 words.

Synonyms

6 entries

rhib rhibbie ribbie ridicule rigid hulled inflatable boat rigid inflatable boat

derived

54 entries

Dogrib abdominal rib baby back rib baldrib beef rib chuck rib false rib floating rib flying rib forerib lierne rib middle rib midrib prime rib rib eye rib eye steak

Showing 16 of 54 words.

has context

9 entries

archaic literary humorous architecture botany handicraft internet ireland knitting nautical vertebrate

is a

9 entries

anatomical structure bone cut flat bone food may molding remark structure support

manner of

1 entries

knit

part of

5 entries

cello hull umbrella vertebrate wing

related to

77 entries

aircraft animal arch barbeque barbeque sauce base boat bone bones celery chest chest bone cloth covering covering organs curve

Showing 16 of 77 words.

Translations

279 translations across 144 languages.

Afar

1 entries

masangale noun (curved bone)

Afrikaans

1 entries

rib noun (curved bone)

Ainu

1 entries

ウッ noun (curved bone)

Aklanon

1 entries

gusok noun (curved bone)

Albanian

3 entries

bri noun (curved bone)
brinjë noun (curved bone)
brinjë noun (cut of meat)

Ancient Greek

3 entries

δρύοχος noun (nautical: part of a ship’s framework)
πλευρά noun (curved bone)
σχελίς noun (cut of meat)

Ao

1 entries

tesaret (Chungli) noun (curved bone)

Arabic

3 entries

ضلع noun (curved bone)
ضلعة noun (curved bone)
ضِلْع noun (curved bone)

Aramaic

2 entries

אלעא noun (curved bone)
ܐܠܥܐ noun (curved bone)

Armenian

1 entries

կող noun (curved bone)

Aromanian

1 entries

coastã noun (curved bone)

Assamese

1 entries

কামিহাড় noun (curved bone)

Asturian

1 entries

costiella noun (curved bone)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

qabırğa noun (curved bone)

Bashkir

1 entries

ҡабырға noun (curved bone)

Basque

1 entries

saihets-hezurra noun (curved bone)

Belarusian

1 entries

рабро́ noun (curved bone)

Bhojpuri

1 entries

पसली noun (curved bone)

Blackfoot

1 entries

mohpikíístsi noun (curved bone)

Brunei Malay

1 entries

bidai noun (curved bone)

Bube

1 entries

sibatyabatya noun (curved bone)

Bulgarian

4 entries

жилка noun (botany: prominent vein in a leaf)
калоферче noun (Tanacetum balsamita)
лечебна наумка noun (Cynoglossum officinale)
поточарка noun (Nasturtium officinale)

Burmese

1 entries

နံရိုး noun (curved bone)

Catalan

4 entries

barnilla noun (part similar to rib)
costella noun (curved bone)
costella noun (cut of meat)
nervadura noun (architecture: projecting member)

Cebuano

1 entries

gusok noun (curved bone)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

پەراسوو noun (curved bone)

Chechen

1 entries

пӏенда noun (curved bone)

Chinese

1 entries

箅仔骨 noun (curved bone)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

排骨 noun (cut of meat)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

肋骨 noun (curved bone)

Cornish

2 entries

asow noun (curved bone)
asowen noun (curved bone)

Czech

4 entries

žebro noun (curved bone)
žebro noun (nautical: part of a ship’s framework)
dobírat si verb (to tease)
popichovat verb (to tease)

Dalmatian

1 entries

cuasta noun (curved bone)

Danish

1 entries

ribben noun (curved bone)

Dongxiang

2 entries

qaruGa noun (curved bone)
qaruha noun (curved bone)

Dutch

1 entries

rib noun (curved bone)

Egyptian

2 entries

s-p:r-spr noun (curved bone)
s-p:r-spr noun (cut of meat)

Esperanto

1 entries

ripo noun (curved bone)

Ewe

1 entries

agbaƒuti noun (curved bone)

Faroese

1 entries

rivjabein noun (curved bone)

Finnish

4 entries

härnäys noun (teasing joke)
kaari noun (part similar to rib)
kaari noun (nautical: part of a ship’s framework)
kaari noun (shaping and supporting member in an aircraft wing)

French

4 entries

côte noun (curved bone)
côte noun (cut of meat)
côtelette noun (cut of meat)
femme noun (archaic, literary, humorous: wife woman)

Friulian

1 entries

cueste noun (curved bone)

Galician

4 entries

caderna noun (nautical: part of a ship’s framework)
costela noun (curved bone)
costela noun (cut of meat)
costeleta noun (cut of meat)

Georgian

1 entries

ნეკნი noun (curved bone)

German

4 entries

Gewölberippe noun (architecture: projecting member)
Rippchen noun (cut of meat)
Rippe noun (curved bone)
Rippe noun (part similar to rib)

Greek

4 entries

νεύρο noun (shaping and supporting member in an aircraft wing)
νεύρωση noun (botany: prominent vein in a leaf)
νομείς noun (nautical: part of a ship’s framework)
παΐδι noun (curved bone)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries

骿籬骨 /骿篱骨 noun (curved bone)

Hebrew

1 entries

צלע noun (curved bone)

Higaonon

1 entries

gusuk noun (curved bone)

Hindi

1 entries

पसली noun (curved bone)

Hungarian

4 entries

borda noun (curved bone)
borda noun (cut of meat)
borda noun (nautical: part of a ship’s framework)
borda noun (architecture: projecting member)

Ido

1 entries

kosto noun (curved bone)

Indonesian

1 entries

rusuk noun (curved bone)

Ingrian

2 entries

kuveluu noun (curved bone)
kylkiluu noun (curved bone)

Ingush

1 entries

пӏенда noun (curved bone)

Irish

4 entries

easna noun (curved bone)
easna noun (nautical: part of a ship’s framework)
féith noun (botany: prominent vein in a leaf)
maide noun (nautical: part of a ship’s framework)

Italian

4 entries

costa noun (curved bone)
costola noun (curved bone)
costoletta noun (cut of meat)
costone noun (part similar to rib)

Japanese

3 entries

あばら骨 noun (nautical: part of a ship’s framework)
肋肉 noun (cut of meat)
肋骨 noun (curved bone)

Kapampangan

2 entries

tagiang noun (curved bone)
tagyang noun (curved bone)

Kaurna

1 entries

paintyi warpu noun (curved bone)

Kazakh

1 entries

қабырға noun (curved bone)

Khiamniungan Naga

1 entries

û noun (curved bone)

Khmer

1 entries

ជំនីរ noun (curved bone)

Korean

2 entries

갈비 noun (curved bone)
늑골 noun (curved bone)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

кабырга noun (curved bone)

Lao

2 entries

ກະດູກຂ້າງ noun (curved bone)
ດູກຂ້າງ noun (curved bone)

Latgalian

1 entries

suonkauļs noun (curved bone)

Latin

2 entries

costa noun (curved bone)
statūmen noun (nautical: part of a ship’s framework)

Latvian

3 entries

riba noun (curved bone)
ribiņas noun (cut of meat)
sānkauls noun (curved bone)

Linngithigh

1 entries

ighat noun (curved bone)

Lithuanian

1 entries

šonkaulis noun (curved bone)

Low German

1 entries

Ribb noun (curved bone)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

kórabja noun (curved bone)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

Rëpp noun (curved bone)

Macedonian

1 entries

ре́бро noun (curved bone)

Maguindanao

1 entries

gusuk noun (curved bone)

Malay

3 entries

kosta noun (curved bone)
rusuk noun (curved bone)
tulang rusuk noun (curved bone)

Malayalam

1 entries

വാരിയെല്ല് noun (curved bone)

Maltese

2 entries

kustilja noun (curved bone)
qafas noun (nautical: part of a ship’s framework)

Manchu

1 entries

ᡝᠪᠴᡳ noun (curved bone)

Mansaka

1 entries

gosok noun (curved bone)

Maranao

1 entries

gosok noun (curved bone)

Minangkabau

1 entries

rusuak noun (curved bone)

Mongolian

1 entries

хавирга noun (curved bone)

Mwani

1 entries

luwavu noun (curved bone)

Māori

4 entries

kaokao noun (curved bone)
katea noun (nautical: part of a ship’s framework)
rara noun (curved bone)
whakatara noun (teasing joke)

Nanai

1 entries

хэучилэ noun (curved bone)

Navajo

1 entries

átsą́ą́ʼ noun (curved bone)

Neapolitan

1 entries

custata noun (curved bone)

Nepali

1 entries

करङ noun (curved bone)

Norman

1 entries

côte noun (curved bone)

Northern Altai

2 entries

кабырга noun (curved bone)
кавырга noun (curved bone)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries

parsû noun (curved bone)
perasû noun (curved bone)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

ribbein noun (curved bone)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

ribbein noun (curved bone)

Occitan

2 entries

costèla noun (curved bone)
còsta noun (curved bone)

Ojibwe

1 entries

nipigemag noun (curved bone)

Old English

1 entries

ribb noun (curved bone)

Ossetian

1 entries

фӕрск noun (curved bone)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries

دستك noun (architecture: projecting member)
قبورغه noun (curved bone)
قبورغه noun (nautical: part of a ship’s framework)
پاینده noun (architecture: projecting member)

Persian

2 entries

دنده noun (curved bone)
پهلو noun (curved bone)

Pitjantjatjara

2 entries

kantilypa noun (curved bone)
kantilypa noun (cut of meat)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Rebb noun (curved bone)

Polabian

1 entries

rebrü noun (curved bone)

Polish

4 entries

żeberko noun (cut of meat)
żebro noun (curved bone)
dokuczać verb (to tease)
dokuczyć verb (to tease)

Portuguese

4 entries

caverna noun (nautical: part of a ship’s framework)
costela noun (curved bone)
costela noun (cut of meat)
costela noun (nautical: part of a ship’s framework)

Rapa Nui

1 entries

kavakava noun (curved bone)

Rohingya

1 entries

cáiththana noun (curved bone)

Romanian

1 entries

coastă noun (curved bone)

Russian

4 entries

ребро́ noun (curved bone)
ребро́ noun (nautical: part of a ship’s framework)
рёбрышки noun (cut of meat)
дразни́ть verb (to tease)

Saho

1 entries

kabbud noun (curved bone)

Sanskrit

1 entries

पर्शु noun (curved bone)

Sardinian

2 entries

colta noun (curved bone)
costa noun (curved bone)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

asna noun (curved bone)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

rebro noun (curved bone)
ребро noun (curved bone)

Shan

1 entries

လုပ်ႇၶၢင်ႈ noun (curved bone)

Sicilian

1 entries

costa noun (curved bone)

Slovak

1 entries

rebro noun (curved bone)

Slovene

1 entries

rebro noun (curved bone)

Southern Altai

1 entries

кабырга noun (curved bone)

Spanish

4 entries

costilla noun (curved bone)
costilla noun (part similar to rib)
costilla noun (nautical: part of a ship’s framework)
costilla noun (shaping and supporting member in an aircraft wing)

Sundanese

1 entries

tulang iga noun (curved bone)

Swedish

2 entries

revben noun (curved bone)
revbensspjäll noun (cut of meat)

Tagalog

1 entries

tadyang noun (curved bone)

Tahitian

1 entries

ʻaoʻao noun (curved bone)

Tamil

2 entries

பழுவெலும்பு noun (curved bone)
விலாவெலும்பு noun (curved bone)

Tarifit

2 entries

taɣezdist noun (curved bone)
taɣezdist noun (cut of meat)

Tausug

1 entries

gusuk noun (curved bone)

Thai

1 entries

ซี่โครง noun (curved bone)

Tocharian B

1 entries

pauṣke noun (curved bone)

Turkish

1 entries

kaburga noun (curved bone)

Ugaritic

1 entries

𐎕𐎍𐎓 noun (curved bone)

Ukrainian

1 entries

ребро́ noun (curved bone)

Urdu

1 entries

پَسْلی noun (curved bone)

Uyghur

1 entries

قوۋۇرغا noun (curved bone)

Vietnamese

2 entries

sườn noun (curved bone)
xương sườn noun (curved bone)

Volapük

1 entries

rib noun (curved bone)

Walloon

2 entries

coisse noun (curved bone)
coisse noun (cut of meat)

Welsh

1 entries

asen noun (curved bone)

West-Frisian

1 entries

ribbe noun (curved bone)

Western Bukidnon Manobo

1 entries

gusuk noun (curved bone)

Wolof

1 entries

faar noun (curved bone)

Yiddish

1 entries

ריפּ noun (curved bone)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Our neighbor has broken a rib.

Source: tatoeba (1602230)

I just cracked a rib.

Source: tatoeba (2362134)

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

Source: tatoeba (2831150)

I broke a rib falling.

Source: tatoeba (3112279)

Showing 4 of 16 available sentences.

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Rib

Synonyms for "rib" (176 found)

Closest matches (36)

Strong matches (52)

Related words (88)

Related word relations

More general

Synonyms

derived

has context

is a

manner of

part of

related to

Translations

Afar

Afrikaans

Ainu

Aklanon

Albanian

Ancient Greek

Ao

Arabic

Aramaic

Armenian

Aromanian

Assamese

Asturian

Azerbaijani

Bashkir

Basque

Belarusian

Bhojpuri

Blackfoot

Brunei Malay

Bube

Bulgarian

Burmese

Catalan

Cebuano

Central Kurdish

Chechen

Chinese

Chinese Cantonese

Chinese Mandarin

Cornish

Czech

Dalmatian

Danish

Dongxiang

Dutch

Egyptian

Esperanto

Ewe

Faroese

Finnish

French

Friulian

Galician

Georgian

German

Greek

Hakka Chinese

Hebrew

Higaonon

Hindi

Hungarian

Ido

Indonesian

Ingrian

Ingush

Irish

Italian

Japanese

Kapampangan

Kaurna

Kazakh

Khiamniungan Naga

Khmer

Korean