CHEST: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for CHEST?

Need another word that means the same as “chest”? Find 18 synonyms and 30 related words for “chest” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Chest” are: breast, bureau, chest of drawers, dresser, pectus, thorax, upper body, body, torso, trunk, bust, bosom, box, case, casket, crate, coffer, strongbox

Chest as a Noun

Definitions of "Chest" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “chest” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A large strong box, typically made of wood and used for storage or transport.
• The treasury or financial resources of some institutions.
• The front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen.
• Furniture with drawers for keeping clothes.
• The whole of a person's upper trunk, especially as considered with reference to their respiratory health or to their size of clothes.
• Box with a lid; used for storage; usually large and sturdy.
• The part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates.
• The front surface of a person's or animal's body between the neck and the stomach.
• A small cabinet for medicines, toiletries, etc.

Synonyms of "Chest" as a noun (18 Words)

body	A woman s close fitting stretch garment for the upper body fastening at the crotch. The main body of the house was built in 1625.
box	A box junction. A hat box.
breast	A joint of meat or portion of poultry cut from the breast of a bird or mammal. Lisa popped a breast of chicken into the microwave.
bureau	A government department. A news bureau.
bust	The chest of a woman. They went on a bust that lasted three days.
case	The quantity contained in a case. In many cases farmers do have a deep feeling for their land.
casket	Box in which a corpse is buried or cremated. A small brass casket containing four black opals.
chest of drawers	Box with a lid; used for storage; usually large and sturdy.
coffer	A decorative sunken panel in a ceiling. There is not enough money in the coffers to finance the reforms.
crate	The quantity contained in a crate. A milk crate.
dresser	A sideboard with shelves above for storing and displaying plates and kitchen utensils. He s a meticulous dresser.
pectus	The lower surface of the thorax or prothorax of an insect or a spider.
strongbox	A strongly made box for holding money or valuables; can be locked.
thorax	The part of a bird reptile amphibian or fish that corresponds to the human thorax.
torso	The body excluding the head and neck and limbs. The Requiem torso was preceded by the cantata.
trunk	Luggage consisting of a large strong case used when traveling or for storage. He put his golf bag in the trunk.
upper body	The higher of two berths.

Usage Examples of "Chest" as a noun

• An oak chest.
• The medicine chest.
• A bad chest.
• He was very well built, with a muscular chest.
• The university chest.
• She crossed her arms across her chest.
• A 42-inch chest.

Associations of "Chest" (30 Words)

ankle	Flex the ankles while cycling in order to increase pedalling efficiency. An ankle injury.
arm	Any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm. An arm of the sea.
auscultation	The action of listening to sounds from the heart, lungs, or other organs, typically with a stethoscope, as a part of medical diagnosis.
breast	Meet at breast level. He beat his breast in anger.
cleavage	The act of cleaving or splitting. Holly and Bridget checked their cleavages and rearranged their hair.
dislocate	Move out of position. Dislocate joints.
elbow	A thing resembling an elbow in particular a piece of piping bent through an angle. His coat had patches over the elbows.
electrocardiogram	A record or display of a person’s heartbeat produced by electrocardiography.
epaulet	Adornment consisting of an ornamental cloth pad worn on the shoulder.
flail	Cut vegetation with a flail. A flail hedge trimmer.
fracture	Fracture a bone of. Obsidian shows a conchoidal fracture.
heart	One of the four suits in a conventional pack of playing cards denoted by a red heart shaped figure. They may lose heart as the work mounts up.
heartbeat	The pulsation of the heart. New York is the commercial heartbeat of America.
hip	A person s hip joint. She dislocated her hip.
knee	The joint in other animals that corresponds or is analogous to the human knee. She kneed him in the groin.
lactation	The period following birth during which milk is secreted. Lactation normally continues until weaning.
lactic	Of or relating to or obtained from milk (especially sour milk or whey.
lap	A hanging flap on a garment or a saddle. The dog s laps were warm and wet.
ligament	A short band of tough, flexible fibrous connective tissue which connects two bones or cartilages or holds together a joint.
limb	A projecting landform such as a spur of a mountain range, or each of two or more such projections as in a forked peninsula or archipelago. The limb of the sextant.
lung	Each of the pair of organs situated within the ribcage, consisting of elastic sacs with branching passages into which air is drawn, so that oxygen can pass into the blood and carbon dioxide be removed. Lungs are characteristic of vertebrates other than fish, though similar structures are present in some other animal groups. The city had to be given lungs in the shape of open spaces squares parks and gardens.
neck	A cut of meat from the neck of an animal. The banjo had a long neck.
partition	The act of dividing or partitioning separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart. An agreement was reached to partition the country.
shoulder	A part of something resembling a shoulder in shape position or function. A tall youth with broad shoulders.
stethoscope	A medical instrument for listening to the action of someone’s heart or breathing, typically having a small disc-shaped resonator that is placed against the chest, and two tubes connected to earpieces.
trunk	The body excluding the head and neck and limbs. He put his golf bag in the trunk.
waist	The circumference of a person s waist. Trousers with an elasticated waist.