Since Chiro is a cat, he doesn't like lychee.
Source: tatoeba (991387)
Lychee
/ˈlaɪ̯t͡ʃi/
Synonyms for "lychee" (13 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: edible fruit, fruit, leechee, lichee, lichees.
- Sentence evidence is available for lychee, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from opengloss, wordnet, 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 "lychee".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "lychee"
Keep "lychee" 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 "lychee" 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 "lychee", 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 "lychee" 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
5 entriesMore specific
4 entrieslychee cultivar treelychee variety treeripe lychee fruitseeded lychee fruit
Collocations
6 entriesfresh lycheelychee fruitlychee leaveslychee orchardlychee plantationripe lychee
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
1 entriesTranslations
130 translations across 57 languages.
Amis
2 entries- kowawi noun (fruit)
- kuwawi noun (fruit)
Armenian
1 entries- լիչի noun (fruit)
Assamese
4 entries- লিচু noun (fruit)
- লিচু গছ noun (tree)
- লেচু noun (fruit)
- লেচু গছ noun (tree)
Bengali
2 entries- লিচু noun (fruit)
- লিচু গাছ noun (tree)
Bouyei
3 entries- lizxil noun (fruit)
- masdianhjungl noun (fruit)
- maslizxil noun (fruit)
Bulgarian
1 entries- личи noun (fruit)
Burmese
4 entries- နှင်းသီး noun (tree)
- နှင်းသီး noun (fruit)
- လိုက်ချီး noun (tree)
- လိုက်ချီး noun (fruit)
Catalan
2 entries- litxi noun (tree)
- litxi noun (fruit)
Chinese
1 entries- 荔枝 noun (fruit)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 荔枝 noun (tree)
- 荔枝 noun (fruit)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 荔枝 noun (tree)
- 荔枝 noun (fruit)
Czech
1 entries- liči noun (fruit)
Danish
3 entries- kærlighedsfrugt noun (fruit)
- litchi noun (tree)
- litchi noun (fruit)
Dutch
4 entries- litsji noun (fruit)
- litsjiboom noun (tree)
- lychee noun (fruit)
- lycheeboom noun (tree)
Estonian
2 entries- litši noun (tree)
- litši noun (fruit)
Finnish
2 entries- litsi noun (tree)
- litsi noun (fruit)
French
4 entries- letchi noun (tree)
- letchi noun (fruit)
- li-tchi noun (tree)
- litchi noun (tree)
German
2 entries- Litschi noun (fruit)
- Litschibaum noun (tree)
Greek
1 entries- λίτσι noun (fruit)
Hebrew
1 entries- לִיצִ׳י noun (fruit)
Hindi
2 entries- लीची noun (tree)
- लीची noun (fruit)
Hungarian
3 entries- licsi noun (fruit)
- licsifa noun (tree)
- licsiszilva noun (fruit)
Ido
2 entries- lichiiero noun (tree)
- lichio noun (fruit)
Indonesian
2 entries- leci noun (tree)
- leci noun (fruit)
Irish
1 entries- lítsí noun (fruit)
Italian
2 entries- litchi noun (tree)
- litchi noun (fruit)
Japanese
4 entries- ライチ noun (tree)
- ライチ noun (fruit)
- レイシ noun (tree)
- レイシ noun (fruit)
Kanakanabu
1 entries- ringking tatia noun (fruit)
Kannada
1 entries- ಲಿಚ್ಚಿ noun (fruit)
Kazakh
1 entries- личи noun (fruit)
Khmer
4 entries- គូលែន noun (tree)
- គូលែន noun (fruit)
- លិនជី noun (tree)
- លិនជី noun (fruit)
Korean
4 entries- 라이치 noun (tree)
- 라이치 noun (fruit)
- 려지 noun (tree)
- 려지 noun (fruit)
Lao
1 entries- ໝາກລິ້ນຈີ່ noun (fruit)
Macedonian
2 entries- личи noun (tree)
- личи noun (fruit)
Malay
2 entries- laici noun (tree)
- laici noun (fruit)
Manchu
1 entries- ᠮᠠᠰᡝ ᠮᡠᠶᠠᡵᡳ noun (fruit)
Mongolian
1 entries- нефелеум noun (fruit)
Norwegian
2 entries- litchi noun (tree)
- litchi noun (fruit)
Polish
2 entries- liczi noun (tree)
- liczi noun (fruit)
Portuguese
2 entries- lichia noun (tree)
- lichia noun (fruit)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਲੀਚੀ noun (tree)
Romanian
2 entries- litchi noun (tree)
- litchi noun (fruit)
Russian
4 entries- ла́йси noun (tree)
- ла́йси noun (fruit)
- ли́джи noun (tree)
- ли́джи noun (fruit)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- liči noun (fruit)
Spanish
2 entries- lichi noun (tree)
- lichi noun (fruit)
Swahili
4 entries- gulabi noun (fruit)
- mgulabi noun (tree)
- mshokishoki noun (tree)
- shokishoki noun (fruit)
Swedish
2 entries- litchi noun (tree)
- litchi noun (fruit)
Tagalog
2 entries- alpay noun (fruit)
- litsiyas noun (fruit)
Tamil
2 entries- விளச்சி noun (fruit)
- விழுதி noun (fruit)
Thai
2 entries- ลิ้นจี่ noun (tree)
- ลิ้นจี่ noun (fruit)
Tibetan
1 entries- འབྲུག་ཚགས noun (fruit)
Turkish
1 entries- liçi noun (fruit)
Tày
3 entries- mác cại noun (fruit)
- mác nghiều noun (fruit)
- mác pái noun (fruit)
Uyghur
2 entries- لىجى noun (tree)
- لىجى noun (fruit)
Vietnamese
2 entries- cây vải noun (tree)
- vải noun (fruit)
Volapük
2 entries- licid noun (tree)
- licidafluk noun (fruit)
Zhuang
2 entries- laehcei noun (tree)
- laehcei noun (fruit)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
A Cantonese-speaking lady fruit seller shouted obliquely that I was something like a "brown lychee."
Source: tatoeba (10631780)
I frequented two Vietnamese restaurants on Nanaimo Street in Vancouver, BC. One played Parisian music for the clientele. The other was my place for Lychee Iced Drink.
Source: tatoeba (10690609)
Before seeing the doctor today the 18th of August of 2015, I have vacationed for a few hours at the Richmond Public Market. It's like a big garden atrium that looks like 22nd-century tropical Southeast Asia. At Captain Wa, I buy white rice with fried squid, fried fish, and fried tofu. It all tastes like fried chicken because I've been devouring fried chicken for some weeks now. At Peanut's, I get a Sour Plum Bubble Green Tea. At QQ, I get a Cold Mint Bubble Green Tea. At Peanut's again, I get a Lychee Bubble Green Tea. Then, from there again, I get a Starfruit Bubble Green Tea. They're all delicious!
Source: tatoeba (10692744)
Showing 4 of 11 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "lychee"?
Closest matches include edible fruit, fruit, leechee, lichee, lichees.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "lychee"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.