Synonyms for trunk
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1. trunknoun

   Pertaining to a main line in a river, canal, railroad, or highway system.

   Synonyms:
   tree trunk

2. trunknoun

   The luggage storage compartment of a sedan/saloon style car.

   Synonyms:
   boot

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. trunk

   Body denotes the entire physical structure, considered as a whole, of man or animal; form looks upon it as a thing of shape and outline, perhaps of beauty; frame regards it as supported by its bony framework; system views it as an assemblage of many related and harmonious organs. Body, form, frame, and system may be either dead or living; clay and dust are sometimes so used in religious or poetic style, tho ordinarily these words are used only of the dead. Corpse and remains are used only of the dead. Corpse is the plain technical word for a dead body still retaining its unity; remains may be used after any lapse of time; the latter is also the more refined and less ghastly term; as, friends are invited to view the remains. Carcass applies only to the body of an animal, or of a human being regarded with contempt and loathing. Compare COMPANY.

   Synonyms:
   ashes, body, carcass, clay, corpse, dust, form, frame, remains, system

   Antonyms:
   intellect, intelligence, mind, soul, spirit

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1. trunk

   Synonyms:
   stem, stock, body, shaft

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1. trunk, tree trunk, bolenoun

   the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber

   Synonyms:
   luggage compartment, automobile trunk, proboscis, bole, body, torso, tree trunk

2. trunknoun

   luggage consisting of a large strong case used when traveling or for storage

   Synonyms:
   body, tree trunk, bole, automobile trunk, luggage compartment, torso, proboscis

3. torso, trunk, bodynoun

   the body excluding the head and neck and limbs

   "they moved their arms and legs and bodies"

   Synonyms:
   dead body, consistence, organic structure, physical structure, luggage compartment, automobile trunk, proboscis, eubstance, soundbox, consistency, bole, body, torso, tree trunk

4. luggage compartment, automobile trunk, trunknoun

   compartment in an automobile that carries luggage or shopping or tools

   "he put his golf bag in the trunk"

   Synonyms:
   luggage compartment, automobile trunk, proboscis, bole, body, torso, tree trunk

5. proboscis, trunknoun

   a long flexible snout as of an elephant

   Synonyms:
   luggage compartment, automobile trunk, proboscis, bole, body, torso, tree trunk

Matched Categories

1. • Body Part
   • Compartment
   • Luggage
   • Snout
   • Stem

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1. container

   Submitted by anonymous on December 7, 2020  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. trunknoun

   Synonyms:
   stem, stock, stalk

2. trunknoun

   Synonyms:
   body (without the limbs)

3. trunknoun

   Synonyms:
   proboscis, snout

4. trunknoun

   Synonyms:
   leat, watercourse

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1. trunknoun

   Synonyms:
   body, bole, stock, proboscis, chest, coffer

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1. List of paraphrases for "trunk":

   trunking, vault, trunks, bole, chest, safe, hatchback, luggage, backbone, trunked, stem, torso, footlocker, boot, suitcase

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1. Jay Hahn:

   In-bee isn't flexible, her wrists aren't flexible so there's a limitation on her cocking. She also has limited trunk rotation... but she uses her swing to overcome her physical limitations.

2. Lao Tzu:

   A tree trunk the size of a man grows from a blade as thin as a hair. A tower nine stories high is built from a small heap of earth.

3. Donna Emley:

   My eyes and face were swollen, and I had a rash all over my trunk.

4. Michel Milinkovitch:

   There's a very fine control over what part of the trunk is contracting, it's not the whole trunk that is elongating and shortening -- it's portions, depending on what the elephant is doing.

5. Tom Robbins:

   When she was a small girl, Amanda hid a ticking clock in an old, rotten tree trunk. It drove woodpeckers crazy. Ignoring tasty bugs all around them, they just about beat their brains out trying to get at the clock. Years later, Amanda used the woodpecker experiment as a model for understanding capitalism, Communism, Christianity, and all other systems that traffic in future rewards rather than in present realities.