Word Type

Noun

Verb

Proper Noun

The word "guts" can be used as noun, verb and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

black as a dog's guts black guts blood and guts blood-and-guts bubble guts drop one's guts duck's guts ducks guts ducks' guts fight one's guts out greedyguts guts out gutsy hate someone's guts have someone's guts for garters misery guts miseryguts play one's guts out puke one's guts out rearrange one's guts rearrange someone's guts rusty guts slog one's guts out spill one's guts spill one's guts out sweat one's guts out tub of guts work one's guts out worryguts

Inflected/Variant Forms

gut

Context

slang

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

fortitude

Related Terms

abdomen content courage determination entrails gut substance

Synonym Network

backbone balls entrails

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.