The fruit is similar to an orange in shape and to a pineapple in taste.
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Pineapple
/ˈpaɪnæpəl/
Synonyms for "pineapple" (15 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: pineapple plant, ananas, ananas comosus, ananas fruit, berry.
- Sentence evidence is available for pineapple, 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 "pineapple".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "pineapple"
Keep "pineapple" 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 "pineapple" 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 "pineapple", 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 "pineapple" 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
12 entriesMore specific
10 entrieshospitality motifpineapple chunkpineapple crownpineapple juicepineapple motifpineapple offsetpineapple ornamentpineapple puppineapple ringpineapple slice
Collocations
6 entriescanned pineapplefresh pineapplepineapple chunkspineapple juicepineapple ringpineapple upside down cake
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
3 entriespineapple flavoredpineapple juicepineapple plant
Translations
133 translations across 99 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- pynappel noun (plant)
Akan
1 entries- aborɔbɛ noun (plant)
Antillean Creole
1 entries- zannanna noun (plant)
Arabic
1 entries- أَنَانَاس noun (plant)
Armenian
2 entries- անանաս noun (plant)
- արքայախնձոր noun (plant)
Assamese
2 entries- আনাৰসvie noun (plant)
- মাটিকঁঠাল noun (plant)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
1 entries- ܐܵܢܵܢܵܣ noun (plant)
Asturian
1 entries- piña noun (plant)
Belarusian
1 entries- анана́с noun (plant)
Bengali
2 entries- আনানাস noun (plant)
- আনারস noun (plant)
Bulgarian
1 entries- анана́с noun (plant)
Burmese
1 entries- နာနတ် noun (plant)
Catalan
2 entries- ananàs noun (plant)
- pinya noun (plant)
Central Dusun
1 entries- tintingabai noun (plant)
Central Melanau
1 entries- piseng noun (plant)
Central Thai
1 entries- สับปะรด noun (plant)
Chamicuro
1 entries- mawuli noun (plant)
Chechen
1 entries- ананас noun (plant)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᏃᏥᎢyᎤᏍᏗᏒᎦᏔ noun (plant)
Chinese
1 entries- 王梨 noun (plant)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 菠蘿 /菠萝 noun (plant)
- 鳳梨 /凤梨 noun (plant)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 菠蘿 /菠萝 noun (plant)
- 鳳梨 /凤梨 noun (plant)
- 黃梨 /黄梨 noun (plant)
Czech
1 entries- ananasovník noun (plant)
Danish
1 entries- ananas noun (plant)
Dutch
2 entries- ananas noun (plant)
- pijnappel noun (plant)
Esperanto
2 entries- ananaso noun (plant)
- ananasujo noun (plant)
Estonian
1 entries- ananass noun (plant)
Ewe
2 entries- abable noun (plant)
- atɔtɔ noun (plant)
Farefare
1 entries- aburbɛ noun (plant)
Faroese
1 entries- ananas noun (plant)
Finnish
2 entries- ananas noun (plant)
- ananaskasvi noun (plant)
French
1 entries- ananas noun (plant)
Galician
2 entries- ananás noun (plant)
- piñeiro noun (plant)
Georgian
1 entries- ანანასი noun (plant)
German
1 entries- Ananas noun (plant)
Greek
1 entries- ανανάς noun (plant)
Greenlandic
1 entries- ananassi noun (plant)
Gujarati
1 entries- અનનાસ noun (plant)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- annanna noun (plant)
Hakka Chinese
1 entries- 黃梨 /黄梨 noun (plant)
Hawaiian
1 entries- hala kahiki noun (plant)
Hebrew
1 entries- אָנָנָס noun (plant)
Hindi
1 entries- अनानास noun (plant)
Hungarian
1 entries- ananász noun (plant)
Icelandic
1 entries- ananas noun (plant)
Indonesian
1 entries- nanas noun (plant)
Irish
1 entries- anann noun (plant)
Isan
1 entries- บักนัด noun (plant)
Italian
3 entries- ananas noun (plant)
- ananasse noun (plant)
- ananasso noun (plant)
Japanese
1 entries- パイナップル noun (plant)
Javanese
1 entries- ꦏꦤꦱ꧀ noun (plant)
Kannada
1 entries- ಅನಾನಸ್ noun (plant)
Kaqchikel
1 entries- ch’op noun (plant)
Kasem
1 entries- aburbɛ noun (plant)
Kazakh
1 entries- ананас noun (plant)
Khmer
1 entries- ម្នាស់ noun (plant)
Korean
1 entries- 파인애플 noun (plant)
Lao
2 entries- ຫມາກນັດ noun (plant)
- ໝາກນັດ noun (plant)
Latvian
2 entries- ananass noun (plant)
- ananāss noun (plant)
Lithuanian
1 entries- ananasas noun (plant)
Luhya
1 entries- linanasi noun (plant)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Ananas noun (plant)
Macedonian
1 entries- ананас noun (plant)
Malay
1 entries- nanas noun (plant)
Malayalam
1 entries- കൈത noun (plant)
Marathi
1 entries- अननस noun (plant)
Nahuatl
1 entries- matzahtli noun (plant)
Navajo
2 entries- bilasáana diwozhí noun (plant)
- hosh łikaní noun (plant)
Neapolitan
2 entries- ananassa noun (plant)
- nanassa noun (plant)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- ananas noun (plant)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- ananas noun (plant)
Occitan
2 entries- ananàs noun (plant)
- pinha noun (plant)
Ojibwe
1 entries- zhingwaako-mishiimin noun (plant)
Pali
3 entries- bahunettaphala noun (plant)
- kharattaca noun (plant)
- madhuketakī noun (plant)
Persian
1 entries- آناناس noun (plant)
Polish
1 entries- ananas noun (plant)
Portuguese
2 entries- abacaxi noun (plant)
- ananás noun (plant)
Romanian
1 entries- ananas noun (plant)
Russian
1 entries- анана́с noun (plant)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- ȁnanas noun (plant)
- а̏нанас noun (plant)
Sicilian
2 entries- ananassu noun (plant)
- ananàs noun (plant)
Slovak
1 entries- ananás noun (plant)
Southern Altai
1 entries- ананас noun (plant)
Spanish
3 entries- ananá noun (plant)
- ananás noun (plant)
- piña noun (plant)
Swahili
1 entries- mnanasi noun (plant)
Swedish
1 entries- ananas noun (plant)
Tagalog
1 entries- pinya noun (plant)
Tamil
2 entries- அன்னாசி noun (plant)
- அன்னாசிப் பழம் noun (plant)
Telugu
1 entries- అనాసపండు noun (plant)
Tibetan
1 entries- ཐང་འབྲས noun (plant)
Turkish
1 entries- ananas noun (plant)
Ukrainian
1 entries- анана́с noun (plant)
Unami
1 entries- kuweapëlìsh noun (plant)
Urdu
2 entries- اناناس noun (plant)
- انناس noun (plant)
Vietnamese
4 entries- cây dứa noun (plant)
- cây khóm noun (plant)
- cây thơm noun (plant)
- dứa noun (plant)
Welsh
2 entries- afal pin noun (plant)
- pîn-afal noun (plant)
West-Frisian
1 entries- ananas noun (plant)
Yiddish
1 entries- אַנאַנאַס noun (plant)
Zazaki
1 entries- ananas (diq) noun (plant)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
You can decorate the cocktail with a cherry or a pineapple.
Source: tatoeba (236600)
This fruit is shaped like an orange and tastes like a pineapple.
Source: tatoeba (387564)
How much is the kilo of pineapple?
Source: tatoeba (436221)
Showing 4 of 11 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "pineapple"?
Closest matches include pineapple plant, ananas, ananas comosus, ananas fruit, berry.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "pineapple"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.