My teacher cooked a delicious dish of roast breadfruit and shared it with the class.
Source: tatoeba (10095922)
Breadfruit
/ˈbɹɛdfɹuːt/
Synonyms for "breadfruit" (10 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (2)
Noun(2 words)
breadfruit treeartocarpus
Strong matches (3)
Noun(3 words)
artocarpus altilisartocarpus communisbreadfruit crop
Related words (5)
Noun(5 words)
breadfruit plantcooking fruitedible fruitstarchy fruittropical fruit
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: breadfruit tree, artocarpus, artocarpus altilis, artocarpus communis, breadfruit crop.
- Sentence evidence is available for breadfruit, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from wiktionary, wordnet, opengloss, derived_reverse, and related lexical sources.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "breadfruit".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "breadfruit"
Keep "breadfruit" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "breadfruit" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "breadfruit", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "breadfruit" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
6 entriesMore specific
5 entriesbreadfruit cultivarbreadfruit seedlingbreadfruit varietyripe breadfruitunripe breadfruit
Collocations
6 entriesbreadfruit flourbreadfruit leavesbreadfruit marketbreadfruit starchbreadfruit treefried breadfruit
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
6 entriesbreadfruit cultivarbreadfruit flourbreadfruit leafbreadfruit starchbreadfruit treebreadfruit variety
Translations
44 translations across 34 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- خُبْزِيَّة noun (tree)
- شَجَرَة الخُبْز noun (tree)
Bikol Central
1 entries- kulo noun (tree)
Catalan
1 entries- arbre del pa noun (tree)
Cebuano
1 entries- kulo noun (tree)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 麵包樹 /面包树 noun (tree)
Danish
1 entries- brødfrugttræ noun (tree)
Esperanto
1 entries- panarbo noun (tree)
Finnish
1 entries- leipäpuu noun (tree)
French
3 entries- arbre à pain noun (tree)
- artocarpe noun (tree)
- artocarpus noun (tree)
German
1 entries- Brotfruchtbaum noun (tree)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- labapen noun (tree)
Hawaiian
1 entries- ʻulu noun (tree)
Ido
1 entries- artokarpo noun (tree)
Igbo
1 entries- ụkwa noun (tree)
Indonesian
1 entries- pohon sukun noun (tree)
Irish
1 entries- crann toraidh aráin noun (tree)
Japanese
1 entries- パンの木 noun (tree)
Kannada
1 entries- ದಿವಿಹಲಸು noun (tree)
Kazakh
2 entries- астық ағашы noun (tree)
- нан ағашы noun (tree)
Korean
1 entries- 빵나무 noun (tree)
Malay
4 entries- pohon kulur noun (tree)
- pohon sukun noun (tree)
- pokok kulur noun (tree)
- pokok sukun noun (tree)
Marshallese
1 entries- mā noun (tree)
Māori
3 entries- kuru noun (tree)
- pōporo noun (tree)
- pōporohua noun (tree)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- mfuriapa noun (tree)
Portuguese
1 entries- fruta-pão noun (tree)
Romanian
1 entries- arbore de pâine noun (tree)
Russian
1 entries- хле́бное де́рево noun (tree)
Spanish
2 entries- panapén noun (tree)
- árbol del pan noun (tree)
Swedish
1 entries- brödfruktträd noun (tree)
Tagalog
1 entries- rimas noun (tree)
Thai
1 entries- สาเก noun (tree)
Turkish
1 entries- ekmek ağacı noun (tree)
Vietnamese
1 entries- cây sa kê noun (tree)
Volapük
1 entries- bodep noun (tree)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
You can get okra and breadfruit from the grocer on the corner.
Source: tatoeba (11115120)
Have you had breadfruit?
Source: tatoeba (13233161)
On our return we stopped at Mr. Wijeysakera's home, quaffed the juice of King Cocoanut, looked through his extensive grounds, and saw several kinds of palm, the breadfruit-tree, the jackfruit-tree, the nux-vomica-tree, pimento or allspice shrub, nutmeg-tree, pineapples of different varieties.
Source: wiktionary
Showing 4 of 5 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "breadfruit"?
Closest matches include breadfruit tree, artocarpus, artocarpus altilis, artocarpus communis, breadfruit crop.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "breadfruit"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.