Could I have three cinnamon donuts?
Source: tatoeba (53443)
Cinnamon
/ˈsɪn.ə.mən/
Synonyms for "cinnamon" (44 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (9)
Strong matches (13)
Related words (22)
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: bark spice, beige, brown, brownish, brunet.
- Sentence evidence is available for cinnamon, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from opengloss, derived_reverse, wordnet.
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 "cinnamon".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "cinnamon"
Keep "cinnamon" 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 "cinnamon" 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 "cinnamon", 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 "cinnamon" 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 entriesMore specific
12 entriesCinnamomum cassiaCinnamomum verumcinnamon browncinnamon oilcinnamon powdercinnamon stickscinnamon tancinnamon-flavored teacinnamon-flavored yogurtcinnamon-scented candlereddish brownwarm brown
Collocations
11 entriescinnamon barkcinnamon flavorcinnamon powdercinnamon powder jarcinnamon spice mixcinnamon stickscinnamon sugarcinnamon-colored fabriccinnamon-flavored teacinnamon-scented candleground cinnamon
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
1 entriesTranslations
225 translations across 116 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- kaneel noun (spice)
- kaneelboom noun (Cinnamomum verum)
Albanian
2 entries- kanellë noun (Cinnamomum verum)
- kanellë noun (spice)
Amharic
1 entries- ቀረፋ noun (spice)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- κιννάμωμον noun (spice)
Arabic
4 entries- دارسين noun (spice)
- قرفة noun (Cinnamomum verum)
- قرفة noun (Cinnamomum verum)
- قرفة noun (spice)
Aramaic
4 entries- דַּרְצִינִי noun (spice)
- דרציני noun (Cinnamomum verum)
- ܕܪܨܝܢܝ noun (Cinnamomum verum)
- ܨܝܢܕܪܓ noun (Cinnamomum verum)
Armenian
2 entries- դարչին noun (Cinnamomum verum)
- դարչին noun (spice)
Assamese
1 entries- দালচেনি noun (Cinnamomum verum)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- darçın noun (Cinnamomum verum)
- darçın noun (spice)
Basque
1 entries- kanela noun (Cinnamomum verum)
Belarusian
2 entries- кары́ца noun (spice)
- цынамо́н noun (spice)
Bengali
2 entries- দারচিনি noun (Cinnamomum verum)
- দারুচিনি noun (Cinnamomum verum)
Bikol Central
1 entries- kanela noun (Cinnamomum verum)
Breton
2 entries- gwez-kanell noun (Cinnamomum verum)
- kanell noun (spice)
Brunei Malay
1 entries- kayu manis noun (spice)
Bulgarian
3 entries- кане́ла noun (Cinnamomum verum)
- кане́ла noun (spice)
- кане́лено дърво́ noun (Cinnamomum verum)
Burmese
2 entries- သစ်ကြံပိုး noun (spice)
- သစ်ကြံပိုးပင် noun (Cinnamomum verum)
Catalan
4 entries- canella noun (spice)
- caneller noun (Cinnamomum verum)
- canyella noun (spice)
- canyeller noun (Cinnamomum verum)
Cebuano
1 entries- kanela noun (Cinnamomum verum)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- دارچین noun (spice)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 肉桂 noun (spice)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 桂皮 noun (Cinnamomum verum)
- 肉桂 noun (Cinnamomum verum)
- 肉桂 noun (spice)
Cornish
4 entries- kanel noun (Cinnamomum verum)
- kanel noun (spice)
- kanelen noun (Cinnamomum verum)
- kanelen noun (spice)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- tarçın noun (spice)
Czech
2 entries- skořice noun (spice)
- skořicovník noun (Cinnamomum verum)
Danish
1 entries- kanel noun (spice)
Dhivehi
1 entries- ފޮނި ތޮށި noun (Cinnamomum verum)
Dutch
2 entries- kaneel noun (spice)
- kaneelboom noun (Cinnamomum verum)
Esperanto
2 entries- cinamo noun (spice)
- vera cinamomo noun (Cinnamomum verum)
Estonian
1 entries- kaneel noun (spice)
Faroese
1 entries- kanel noun (spice)
Fijian
4 entries- macou noun (spice)
- macovu noun (spice)
- maiu noun (spice)
- mou noun (spice)
Finnish
3 entries- ceyloninkaneli noun (Cinnamomum verum)
- kaneli noun (spice)
- kanelipuu noun (Cinnamomum verum)
French
2 entries- cannelier noun (Cinnamomum verum)
- cannelle noun (spice)
Galician
1 entries- canela noun (spice)
Georgian
2 entries- დარიჩინი noun (Cinnamomum verum)
- დარიჩინი noun (spice)
German
3 entries- Kaneel noun (spice)
- Zimt noun (spice)
- Zimtbaum noun (Cinnamomum verum)
Greek
2 entries- κανέλα noun (Cinnamomum verum)
- κανέλα noun (spice)
Gujarati
1 entries- તજ noun (Cinnamomum verum)
Hausa
1 entries- kirfa noun (spice)
Hebrew
2 entries- קִנָּמוֹן noun (Cinnamomum verum)
- קינמון \ קִנָּמוֹן noun (spice)
Hindi
4 entries- चोच noun (spice)
- चोतक noun (spice)
- दारचीनी noun (spice)
- दालचीनी noun (Cinnamomum verum)
Hungarian
3 entries- cimet noun (spice)
- fahéj noun (spice)
- fahéjfa noun (Cinnamomum verum)
Icelandic
4 entries- kanell noun (spice)
- kanill noun (Cinnamomum verum)
- kanill noun (spice)
- kaniltré noun (Cinnamomum verum)
Indonesian
2 entries- kayu manis noun (Cinnamomum verum)
- kayu manis noun (spice)
Irish
1 entries- cainéal noun (spice)
Italian
2 entries- cannella noun (Cinnamomum verum)
- cannella noun (spice)
Japanese
3 entries- シナモン noun (spice)
- セイロンニッケイ noun (Cinnamomum verum)
- 肉桂 noun (spice)
Javanese
1 entries- ꦏꦪꦸꦩꦤꦶꦱ꧀ noun (Cinnamomum verum)
Kabuverdianu
1 entries- kanéla noun (spice)
Kannada
2 entries- ದಾಲ್ಚಿನ್ನಿ noun (Cinnamomum verum)
- ದಾಲ್ಚಿನ್ನಿ noun (spice)
Kazakh
1 entries- даршын noun (spice)
Khiamniungan Naga
1 entries- tìu noun (spice)
Kikuyu
1 entries- ndarathini noun (spice)
Korean
4 entries- 계피 noun (spice)
- 시나몬 noun (Cinnamomum verum)
- 시나몬 noun (spice)
- 실론계피나무 noun (Cinnamomum verum)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- корица noun (spice)
Lao
2 entries- ອົບເຊີຍ noun (spice)
- ແຄ່ noun (spice)
Latin
4 entries- cinnamum noun (Cinnamomum verum)
- cinnamum noun (spice)
- cinnamōmum noun (Cinnamomum verum)
- cinnamōmum noun (spice)
Latvian
1 entries- kanēlis noun (spice)
Lithuanian
1 entries- cinamonas noun (spice)
Low German
1 entries- Kaneel noun (spice)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- cymt noun (spice)
Macedonian
1 entries- цимет noun (spice)
Malagasy
1 entries- kanelina noun (Cinnamomum verum)
Malay
3 entries- kayu manis noun (Cinnamomum verum)
- kayu manis noun (spice)
- kulit kayu manis noun (spice)
Malayalam
2 entries- കറുവ noun (Cinnamomum verum)
- കറുവാപ്പട്ട noun (spice)
Maltese
3 entries- kannella noun (Cinnamomum verum)
- kannella noun (spice)
- ċinnamonu noun (spice)
Marathi
2 entries- दालचिनी noun (Cinnamomum verum)
- दालचिनी noun (spice)
Mongolian
1 entries- шанц noun (Cinnamomum verum)
Māori
1 entries- hinamona noun (spice)
Nepali
1 entries- दालचिनी noun (Cinnamomum verum)
Norman
1 entries- cannelle noun (spice)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- darçîn noun (spice)
Norwegian
2 entries- kanel noun (spice)
- kaneltre noun (Cinnamomum verum)
Occitan
1 entries- canèla noun (spice)
Old Armenian
2 entries- դարիճենիկ noun (spice)
- կինամոմոն noun (spice)
Oromo
1 entries- qarafaa noun (Cinnamomum verum)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- دارچین noun (spice)
Persian
2 entries- دارچین noun (Cinnamomum verum)
- دارچین noun (spice)
Polish
2 entries- cynamon noun (spice)
- cynamonowiec noun (Cinnamomum verum)
Portuguese
2 entries- canela noun (spice)
- caneleira noun (Cinnamomum verum)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਦਾਲ਼ਚੀਨੀ noun (spice)
Romanian
2 entries- scorțișoară noun (spice)
- scorțișor noun (Cinnamomum verum)
Russian
4 entries- кори́ца noun (Cinnamomum verum)
- кори́ца noun (spice)
- кори́чник настоя́щий noun (Cinnamomum verum)
- кори́чное де́рево noun (Cinnamomum verum)
Sanskrit
4 entries- चोच noun (spice)
- चोचक noun (spice)
- दारुचिनी noun (spice)
- दारुसिता noun (spice)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- cimet noun (Cinnamomum verum)
- cimet noun (spice)
- цимет noun (Cinnamomum verum)
- цимет noun (spice)
Shan
1 entries- ၵႅင်းႁွမ် noun (spice)
Sinhalese
1 entries- කුරුඳු noun (Cinnamomum verum)
Slovak
2 entries- škorica noun (spice)
- škoricovník noun (Cinnamomum verum)
Slovene
1 entries- cimet noun (spice)
Somali
1 entries- qorfe noun (Cinnamomum verum)
Spanish
2 entries- canela noun (spice)
- canelo noun (Cinnamomum verum)
Swahili
2 entries- dalasini noun (spice)
- mdalasini noun (Cinnamomum verum)
Swedish
3 entries- kanel noun (Cinnamomum verum)
- kanel noun (spice)
- äkta kanel noun (Cinnamomum verum)
Tagalog
2 entries- kanela noun (Cinnamomum verum)
- kanela noun (spice)
Tai Dam
1 entries- ꪵꪁꪫ꪿ noun (spice)
Tajik
1 entries- дорчин noun (spice)
Tamil
4 entries- இலவங்கப்பட்டை noun (spice)
- இலவங்கம் noun (Cinnamomum verum)
- கருவா noun (Cinnamomum verum)
- கருவாப்பட்டை noun (spice)
Tatar
1 entries- дарчин noun (spice)
Telugu
2 entries- దాల్చిని noun (spice)
- లవంగపట్ట noun (spice)
Thai
2 entries- อบเชย noun (Cinnamomum verum)
- อบเชย noun (spice)
Tibetan
1 entries- ཤིང་ཚ noun (Cinnamomum verum)
Tigrinya
1 entries- ቃርፋ noun (spice)
Turkish
2 entries- tarçın noun (spice)
- tarçın ağacı noun (Cinnamomum verum)
Turkmen
1 entries- darçyn noun (spice)
Ukrainian
2 entries- кори́ця noun (spice)
- цинамо́н noun (spice)
Upper Sorbian
2 entries- cymt noun (spice)
- skorica noun (spice)
Urdu
1 entries- دارچینی noun (spice)
Uyghur
2 entries- دارچىن noun (Cinnamomum verum)
- دارچىن noun (spice)
Uzbek
2 entries- dolchin noun (spice)
- koritsa noun (spice)
Venetan
1 entries- canela noun (spice)
Vietnamese
2 entries- cây quế noun (Cinnamomum verum)
- quế noun (spice)
Volapük
3 entries- kirfat noun (spice)
- kirfatabim noun (Cinnamomum verum)
- kirfatep noun (Cinnamomum verum)
Welsh
1 entries- sinamon noun (spice)
Xhosa
1 entries- isinamon noun (Cinnamomum verum)
Yiddish
2 entries- צימערינג noun (spice)
- צימרינג noun (spice)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Why don't you try putting a little cinnamon in your coffee?
Source: tatoeba (2212234)
A teaspoon of ground cinnamon is about two grams.
Source: tatoeba (3326726)
Don't buy ground cinnamon, grind it yourself before using.
Source: tatoeba (3413365)
Showing 4 of 11 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "cinnamon"?
Closest matches include bark spice, beige, brown, brownish, brunet.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "cinnamon"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.