cunt
7 synonyms for cunt, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A crude, highly offensive term for the vulva or female genitals.
Synonyms
Everyday swaps
Common words most readers know — safe in any writing.
Less common
Still standard English, but they carry more weight.
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Etymology
Traced to Middle English cunte, from an unrecorded Old English form going back to a Proto-Germanic root; it has close cousins in Frisian, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, and Icelandic. A link to Latin cunnus has been suggested but never proven.
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