fart
5 synonyms for fart, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Verb — To release gas from the bowels through the anus.
Synonyms
Everyday swaps
Common words most readers know — safe in any writing.
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Synonyms by Meaning
1. verb
To release gas from the bowels through the anus.
“The dog farted loudly in the middle of the film.”
How to use fart
The word patterns that sound natural to a native speaker.
fart around
old fart
silent fart
Informal to vulgar — avoid in formal or professional writing.
Etymology
From Old English feortan, going back to a Proto-Indo-European root shared across many European languages — one of the oldest and most stable words in English.
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