I cooked chickpea soup.
Source: tatoeba (2196831)
Chickpea
/ˈt͡ʃɪkˌpiː/
Synonyms for "chickpea" (14 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: chickpea plant, cicer arietinum, beige color, bengal gram, chickpea based.
- Sentence evidence is available for chickpea, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from wordnet, opengloss, derived_reverse.
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 "chickpea".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "chickpea"
Keep "chickpea" 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 "chickpea" 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 "chickpea", 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 "chickpea" 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
9 entriescolor descriptorcolor termedible productedible seedfood ingredientlegumelegume plantleguminous plantpulse crop
More specific
9 entrieschickpea beigechickpea flourchickpea oilchickpea pastechickpea tandesi chickpeadesi cultivar plantkabuli chickpeakabuli cultivar plant
Collocations
11 entriescanned chickpeaschickpea currychickpea flourchickpea oilchickpea pastechickpea proteinchickpea saladdesi chickpeadried chickpeasgarbanzo beankabuli chickpea
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
3 entrieschickpea flourchickpea pastegarbanzo flour
Translations
74 translations across 55 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- qiqër noun (plant)
Arabic
4 entries- حمص noun (plant)
- حمص noun (plant)
- حِمِّص noun (plant)
- نخي noun (plant)
Armenian
1 entries- սիսեռ noun (plant)
Aromanian
2 entries- arivitclju noun (plant)
- tseatsiri noun (plant)
Assamese
1 entries- বুট গছ noun (plant)
Asturian
1 entries- garbanzu noun (plant)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- noxud noun (plant)
Bulgarian
2 entries- леблебия noun (plant)
- нахут noun (plant)
Campidanese Sardinian
1 entries- cìxiri noun (plant)
Catalan
2 entries- cigronera noun (plant)
- ciuró noun (plant)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 鷹嘴豆 /鹰嘴豆 noun (plant)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- nohut noun (plant)
Czech
1 entries- cizrna noun (plant)
Danish
1 entries- kikært noun (plant)
Dutch
1 entries- kikkererwt noun (plant)
Estonian
1 entries- kikerhernes noun (plant)
Finnish
1 entries- kikherne noun (plant)
French
1 entries- pois chiche noun (plant)
Friulian
1 entries- piçûl noun (plant)
Galician
1 entries- garavanzo noun (plant)
Gallurese
1 entries- fasgiolu tundu noun (plant)
Georgian
1 entries- მუხუდო noun (plant)
German
1 entries- Kichererbse noun (plant)
Greek
1 entries- ρεβιθιά noun (plant)
Hebrew
1 entries- חומוס noun (plant)
Hungarian
1 entries- csicseriborsó noun (plant)
Icelandic
1 entries- kjúklingabaun noun (plant)
Ido
1 entries- garbanzo noun (plant)
Interlingua
1 entries- cice noun (plant)
Irish
1 entries- sicphiseánach noun (plant)
Italian
1 entries- cece noun (plant)
Kannada
1 entries- ಕಡಲೆ noun (plant)
Korean
1 entries- 병아리콩 noun (plant)
Macedonian
3 entries- леблебија noun (plant)
- наут noun (plant)
- слануток noun (plant)
Malayalam
1 entries- കടല noun (plant)
Maltese
1 entries- ċiċra noun (plant)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- nok noun (plant)
- nuhk noun (plant)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- kikert noun (plant)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- kikert noun (plant)
Old Armenian
1 entries- սիսեռն noun (plant)
Polish
1 entries- ciecierzyca noun (plant)
Portuguese
1 entries- grão-de-bico noun (plant)
Romanian
1 entries- năut noun (plant)
Russian
4 entries- бара́ний горо́х noun (plant)
- наха́т noun (plant)
- нут noun (plant)
- туре́цкий горо́х noun (plant)
Sardinian
1 entries- basolu pittudu noun (plant)
Sassarese
1 entries- fasgiorutòndu noun (plant)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- leblebija noun (plant)
- slanutak noun (plant)
- леблебија noun (plant)
- сланутак noun (plant)
Spanish
1 entries- garbanzo noun (plant)
Swedish
1 entries- kikärt noun (plant)
Tagalog
1 entries- garbansos noun (plant)
Tamil
1 entries- கடலை noun (plant)
Turkish
1 entries- nohut noun (plant)
Venetan
2 entries- cexarìna noun (plant)
- pixól noun (plant)
Walloon
2 entries- garvane noun (plant)
- poes d' souke noun (plant)
Yiddish
2 entries- אַרבעס noun (plant)
- נאַהיט noun (plant)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
The U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization is giving emergency supplies of wheat, teff and chickpea seed to 20,000 farming households affected by the conflict, OCHA said.
Source: tatoeba (11026395)
Customers continue to regularly shop at the market-bakery for homemade pita bread, bottles of specialty sauces, and the family’s famed hummus, or chickpea paste.
Source: tatoeba (11026399)
We made a chickpea stew.
Source: tatoeba (12106322)
Showing 4 of 9 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "chickpea"?
Closest matches include chickpea plant, cicer arietinum, beige color, bengal gram, chickpea based.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "chickpea"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.