Synonyms for bosom
ˈbʊz əm, ˈbu zəmbo·som

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1. bosomnoun

   the chest considered as the place where secret thoughts are kept

   "his bosom was bursting with the secret"

   Synonyms:
   boob, heart, tit, titty, knocker, breast, embrace

2. bosomnoun

   a person's breast or chest

   Synonyms:
   boob, heart, tit, titty, knocker, breast, embrace

3. bosomnoun

   cloth that covers the chest or breasts

   Synonyms:
   boob, heart, tit, titty, knocker, breast, embrace

4. embrace, bosomnoun

   a close affectionate and protective acceptance

   "his willing embrace of new ideas"; "in the bosom of the family"

   Synonyms:
   heart, embrace, boob, knocker, embracement, tit, embracing, titty, breast

5. heart, bosomnoun

   the locus of feelings and intuitions

   "in your heart you know it is true"; "her story would melt your bosom"

   Synonyms:
   affection, embrace, affectionateness, substance, tit, philia, meat, centre, center, tenderness, core, titty, marrow, sum, nerve, ticker, nub, kernel, nitty-gritty, boob, spirit, gist, warmness, inwardness, pith, heart, pump, essence, mettle, warmheartedness, knocker, heart and soul, fondness, breast, spunk, eye, middle

6. breast, bosom, knocker, boob, tit, tittyverb

   either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman

   Synonyms:
   titmouse, embrace, chest, disparager, boob, dummy, mammilla, nipple, pap, breast, white meat, booby, knocker, pinhead, doorknocker, dumbbell, mamilla, tit, heart, titty, detractor, dope, depreciator, teat, rapper

7. bosomverb

   hide in one's bosom

   "She bosomed his letters"

   Synonyms:
   squeeze, hug, embrace

8. embrace, hug, bosom, squeezeverb

   squeeze (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness

   "Hug me, please"; "They embraced"; "He hugged her close to him"

   Synonyms:
   hug, twitch, espouse, rack, pressure, encompass, thrust, press, gouge, sweep up, embrace, adopt, force, shove, twinge, compress, tweet, contract, compact, extort, stuff, squeeze, squash, pinch, wring, hale, mash, coerce, comprehend, cover, wedge, squelch, constrict, crush

Matched Categories

1. • Adoption
   • Breast
   • Cloth Covering
   • Hide
   • Intuition
   • Privacy

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1. bosomnoun

   Synonyms:
   breast

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1. List of paraphrases for "bosom":

   chest, breast

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How to use bosom in a sentence?

1. Albert Einstein:

   Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools.

2. Joseph Addison:

   If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother and hope your guardian genius.

3. Logan Pearsall Smith:

   The mere process of growing old together will make the slightest acquaintance seem a bosom friend.

4. Helen Mirren:

   Helen Mirren's Magical Bosom.

5. Lao Tzu:

   The sage wears clothes of coarse cloth but carries jewels in his bosom He knows himself but does not display himself He loves himself but does not hold himself in high esteem.