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

Need another word that means the same as “throat”? Find 3 synonyms and 30 related words for “throat” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Throat” are: pharynx, gullet, oesophagus

Throat as a Noun

Definitions of "Throat" as a noun

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

  • The forward upper corner of a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail.
  • A voice of a person or a songbird.
  • A thing compared to a throat, especially a narrow passage, entrance, or exit.
  • The passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone.
  • The part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's throat.
  • An opening in the vamp of a shoe at the instep.
  • A passage resembling a throat in shape or function.
  • The front part of a person's or animal's neck.
  • A passage resembling a throat in shape or function.
  • The passage which leads from the back of the mouth of a person or animal.

Synonyms of "Throat" as a noun (3 Words)

gulletThe passage by which food passes from the mouth to the stomach; the oesophagus.
oesophagusThe part of the alimentary canal which connects the throat to the stomach. In humans and other vertebrates it is a muscular tube lined with mucous membrane.
pharynxThe part of the alimentary canal immediately behind the mouth in invertebrates.

Usage Examples of "Throat" as a noun

  • Her throat was parched with thirst.
  • A gold pendant gleamed at her throat.
  • From a hundred throats came the cry ‘Vive l'Empereur.
  • He's pouring beer down his throat.
  • The throat of the vase.
  • The throat of a chimney.

Associations of "Throat" (30 Words)

airwayA commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for passengers.
He kept the man s airway clear and blood circulating.
breatheTake air into the lungs and then expel it, especially as a regular physiological process.
Letting a wine breathe allows oxygen to enter.
breathingA sign in Greek or indicating the presence of an aspirate rough breathing or the absence of an aspirate smooth breathing at the beginning of a word.
The boy was disappointed to find only skeletons instead of living breathing dinosaurs.
bronchusEither of the two main branches of the trachea.
browAn eyebrow.
The cottages were built on the brow of a hill.
cheekEither side of the face below the eye.
Frankie always got away with cheeking his elders.
chinHit or punch someone on the chin.
He looked about ready to chin someone.
chokingA condition caused by blocking the airways to the lungs (as with food or swelling of the larynx.
No evidence that the choking was done by the accused.
epiglottisA flap of cartilage that covers the windpipe while swallowing.
esophagusThe passage between the pharynx and the stomach.
foreheadThe large cranial bone forming the front part of the cranium: includes the upper part of the orbits.
halitosisOffensive breath.
hyoidOf or relating to the hyoid bone.
jawThe lower movable bone of the jaw or the part of the face containing it.
She suffered a broken jaw.
larynxA cartilaginous structure at the top of the trachea; contains elastic vocal cords that are the source of the vocal tone in speech.
linguaA mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity.
lipThe edge of a hollow container or an opening.
He kissed her on the lips.
mouthAn opening that resembles a mouth as of a cave or a gorge.
A pool at the mouth of the river.
nasalA nasal speech sound.
A whining nasal voice.
neckA person s neck regarded as bearing a burden of responsibility or guilt.
The bottle had a wide neck.
oralDone or taken by the mouth.
An oral tradition.
palateThe upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities.
A wine with a zingy peachy palate.
pharyngealA pharyngeal consonant.
pharynxThe membrane-lined cavity behind the nose and mouth, connecting them to the oesophagus.
pulmonaryRelating to the lungs.
Pulmonary disease.
shoulderPush with the shoulders.
A jacket with padded shoulders.
stiflerA person who stifles or smothers or suppresses.
He is a real conversation stifler.
strictureAbnormal narrowing of a canal or duct in the body.
A colonic stricture.
tongueLick or explore with the tongue.
The girls were singing in their native tongue.
tonsilEither of two masses of lymphatic tissue one on each side of the oral pharynx.

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