belt

1. 1.

   sing loudly and forcefully

   Synonymsbelt out

   Broadersing
2. 2.

   deliver a blow to

   “He belted his opponent”

   Broaderhit
3. 3.

   fasten with a belt

   “belt your trousers”

   Antonymsunbelt

   Broaderfasten

Other forms of belt

plural

belts·

past tense

belted·

present participle

belting·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about belt

What does belt mean?

belt means "endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys". That is the primary sense; the word has 10 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in belt?

belt has 1 syllable: belt. In IPA it is /ˈbɛlt/.

What is another word for belt?

Close synonyms include knock, bash, bang, smash, swath. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of belt?

The recorded antonyms are unbelt.

Is belt a common word?

belt is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with belt?

3 words rhyme with belt. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.