Synonyms for arse
ɑrsar·se

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1. buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, assnoun

   the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

   "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"

   Synonyms:
   screw, keister, female genital organ, substructure, stinkpot, goat, cornerstone, stern, lavatory, git, croup, arsehole, butt, shadower, crapper, commode, throne, skunk, base, tooshie, foundation, butt end, lav, derriere, can buoy, shag, place, seat, prat, bottomland, hind end, behind, tin can, scum bag, asshole, freighter, understructure, ass, stub, backside, after part, female genitals, tramp, female genitalia, idler, nookie, toilet, piece of tail, laughingstock, shtup, poop, foot, screwing, posterior, potty, bathroom, quarter, do-nothing, back end, dirty dog, tush, tail, merchantman, canful, can, croupe, butt joint, john, back tooth, bunghole, nates, rat, rump, nooky, pot, back, privy, underside, piece of ass, rear end, rear, layabout, bottom, buns, merchant ship, undersurface, tail assembly, hobo, loafer, fundament, stool, roll in the hay, empennage, rotter, so-and-so, stooge, target, stinker, buttocks, bottom of the inning, hindquarters, bum, cigaret, coffin nail, tin, crumb, groundwork, shadow, fag end, cigarette, bed, basis, tail end, fanny, lowlife, puke

2. arse, arsehole, asshole, bungholenoun

   vulgar slang for anus

   Synonyms:
   fanny, tail, seat, butt, rear end, can, nates, cocksucker, bunghole, fundament, tush, posterior, buttocks, behind, stern, bottom, shit, backside, bum, son of a bitch, prick, buns, hindquarters, tail end, derriere, tooshie, bastard, hind end, rump, keister, dickhead, asshole, ass, prat, rear, arsehole, whoreson

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1. • Anus
   • Body Part

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:2.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "arse":

   ass, butt, cul, codend

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ARSE

   Synonyms:
   arylsulfatase E (chondrodysplasia punctata 1), arylsulfatase E, CDPX1, chondrodysplasia punctata 1, CDPX, EC 3.1.6.-, ASE, EC 3.1.6, CDPXR, EC 3.1.6.2

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How to use arse in a sentence?

1. E. E. Cummings:

   A politician is an arse upon which everybody has sat except a man

2. Giorgio Armani:

   I think it's time for me to say what I think. Women keep getting raped by designers, by us, if a lady walks on the street and sees an ad with a woman with her boobs and arse in plain sight and she wants to be like that too, that's a way of raping her.

3. Giorgio Armani:

   If a lady walks on the street and sees an ad with a woman with her boobs and arse in plain sight and she wants to be like that too, that's a way of raping her, you can rape a woman in many ways, either by throwing her in the basement or by suggesting that she dresses in a certain way.

4. Rajan:

   A slip of the tongue is not the fault of the mind a kick on the arse will bring back the mind

5. Frank McCourt:

   Teacher my arse. I'd be better off on the docks and the warehouses, lifting, hauling, cursing, eating hero sandwiches, drinking beer, chasing waterfront floozies. At least I'd be with my own kind, my own class of people, not getting above meself, acushla.