Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun midriff

2 senses of midriff

Sense 1
middle, midriff, midsection -- (the middle area of the human torso (usually in front); "young American women believe that a bare midriff is fashionable")
       => area, region -- (a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve; "in the abdominal region")

Sense 2
diaphragm, midriff -- ((anatomy) a muscular partition separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities; functions in respiration)
       => muscular structure, musculature, muscle system -- (the muscular system of an organism)
       => membrane, tissue layer -- (a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants)