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bottom

/ˈbɑ.təm/noun, verb, adjective2 syllables

Bottom means: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on.

Synonyms for bottom43

noun, as in the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat
and 13 more, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, behind, derriere, fanny, ass

noun, as in a cargo ship

freighter, merchantman, merchant ship

noun, as in the lower side of anything

underside, undersurface

noun, as in the second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat

bottom of the inning

noun, as in a depression forming the ground under a body of water

bed

noun, as in low-lying alluvial land near a river

bottomland

verb, as in come to understand

penetrate, fathom

adjective, as in situated at the bottom or lowest position

bottommost, lowermost, nethermost, inferior, nether

adjective, as in the lowest rank

worst

Opposites of bottom

side, top

What does bottom mean?12

noun

1

the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on“he deserves a good kick in the butt”

2

a cargo ship“they did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms”

3

the lower side of anything

4

the second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat

5

a depression forming the ground under a body of water“he searched for treasure on the ocean bed”

6

low-lying alluvial land near a river

7

the lowest part of anything“they started at the bottom of the hill”

adjective

1

situated at the bottom or lowest position“the bottom drawer”

2

the lowest rank“bottom member of the class”

verb

1

come to understand

2

provide with a bottom or a seat“bottom the chairs”

3

strike the ground, as with a ship's bottom

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Bottom in a sentence

  • There are no shortcuts to the top, only to the bottom.saeb
  • If you look carefully, you'll see that the box has a false bottom.darinmex
  • Thank you, from the bottom of my heart!Eldad
  • You could also say that he's at the bottom of the class, for sure.Whiskkebarr
  • In order to avoid confusion, the bottom is labelled too.vvv123
  • I’m doing over our house from top to bottom, putting personality into it.Hybrid
  • Their child got their bottom smacked, because they wouldn't listen.Kiwi
  • The depths have covered them, they are sunk to the bottom like a stone.carlosalberto

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of bottom

as a noun

plural
bottoms

as a verb

past tense
bottomed
present participle
bottoming
third-person singular
bottoms
past participle
bottomed