bowels

Noun

• the center of the Earth
• the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus
• The deepest or innermost part.
• The concept or quality that defines something at its very core.
• The intestines.
• Compassion, sympathy.
• The body as the source of offspring.
• plural of bowel

Examples

• down in the bowels of the Earth
• the project’s bowels

Synonyms

bowel, gut, intestine, bowels, brass tacks, centre/center, commiseration, compassion, core, crux, deets, details, drift, empathy, entrails, essence, fellow feeling, gist, gravamen, guts, heart, heart and soul, heartstring, heartstrings, innards, insides, inwardness, kernel, loving-kindness, marrow, meat, mercy, moral of the story, nitty-gritty, nub, nuts and bolts, pith, pity, punctum saliens, quintessence, remorse, rue, ruth, soul, spirit, stuff, substance, sympathy, tenderheartedness, tenor