Synonyms for waist
weɪstwaist

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. waist, waistlinenoun

   the narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips

   Synonyms:
   waistline, shank

2. shank, waistnoun

   the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole

   Synonyms:
   stem, waistline, cannon, shank

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1. • Area
   • Part

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1. girth

   thickness of the middle

   what is you girth measurement

   Submitted by rinat on August 26, 2019  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. waistnoun

   Synonyms:
   middle part (as of the human body or a ship)

2. waistnoun

   Synonyms:
   BODICE

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1. waistnoun

   Synonyms:
   corsage, bodice, blouse, basque, girth (waist measure)

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1. List of paraphrases for "waist":

   size, belt, wrist, sizes

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How to use waist in a sentence?

1. Mark Twain:

   When I was a child people simply looked about them and were moderately happy. Today they peer beyond the seven seas, bury themselves waist deep in tidings, and by and large what they see and hear makes them unutterably sad.

2. Benjamin Guinhouya:

   Efforts should be carried out to keep the waist circumference of children to less than half their height, this can be done through continuing to watch the eating choices of children together with encouragement and promotion of an active lifestyle and a reduction of sedentary pastimes.

3. Jean Lorrain:

   Polaire! The agitating and agitated Polaire! The tiny slip of a woman that you know, with the waist slender to the point of pain, of screaming out loud, of breaking in two, in a spasmically tight bodice, the prettiest slimness ...

4. Red Skelton:

   Old age is when broadness of the mind and narrowness of the waist change places.

5. Kensington Palace:

   The focus of the dress is the graphic open bateau neckline that gracefully frames the shoulders and emphasizes the slender sculpted waist, the lines of the dress extend toward the back where the train flows in soft round folds cushioned by an underskirt in triple silk organza. The slim three-quarter sleeves add a note of refined modernity.