throat Synonyms & Antonyms
What Is Another Word for Throat?
Common synonyms for throat are esophagus, gullet and oesophagus. A word with the opposite meaning is peak.
Choose a meaning, then find a word that fits your sentence.
Throat as a Noun
The front part of the neck.
The wild pitch bounced and hit the catcher in the throat.
The gullet or windpipe.
As I swallowed I felt something strange in my throat.
A narrow opening in a vessel.
The water leaked out from the throat of the bottle.
Short for station throat
The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue.
The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail.
That end of a gaff which is next to the mast.
The angle where the arm of an anchor is joined to the shank.
The inside of a timber knee.
The orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of the tube of a monopetalous corolla; the faux, or fauces.
Station throat.
Synonyms & similar words
Antonyms & near antonyms
Throat as a Verb
To utter in or with the throat.
to throat threats
To take into the throat.
To mow (beans, etc.) in a direction against their bending.
To take into the throat. (Compare deepthroat.)
Throat in a Sentence
The wild pitch bounced and hit the catcher in the throat.
As I swallowed I felt something strange in my throat.
The water leaked out from the throat of the bottle.
to throat threats
Word Forms & Grammar
throat (plural throats)
throat (third-person singular simple present throats, present participle throating, simple past and past participle throated)
Words That Rhyme With Throat
Origin of Throat
From Middle English throte, from Old English þrote, þrota, þrotu (“throat”), from Proto-West Germanic *þrotu, from Proto-Germanic *þrutō (“throat”), from Proto-Indo-European *trud- (“to swell, become stiff”). Cognate with Dutch strot (“throat”), German Drossel (“throttle, gorge of game (wild animals)”), Faroese troti (“swelling”), Icelandic þroti (“swelling”), Norwegian trut (“mouth”), Swedish trut.
Quick Facts About Throat
| Part of speech | noun, verb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ˈθɹəʊt/ |
| Meaning | The front part of the neck |
| Synonyms | esophagus, gullet and oesophagus |
| Antonyms | peak |
| Plural | throats |
| Verb forms | throats, throating, throated |
Common Questions About Throat
Is throat a noun or a verb?
Throat is mainly used as a noun, but it can also be used as a verb.
What is the opposite of throat?
The opposite of throat is peak.
What is the plural of throat?
The plural of throat is throats.
What is the past tense of throat?
The past tense of throat is throated. The present participle is throating.