The pickled radish needs a touch of salt.
Source: tatoeba (57980)
Radish
/ˈɹad.ɪʃ/
Synonyms for "radish" (14 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: radish plant, raphanus sativus, condiment, crisp root, daikon.
- Sentence evidence is available for radish, 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 "radish".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "radish"
Keep "radish" 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 "radish" 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 "radish", 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 "radish" 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
11 entriesMore specific
5 entriesCollocations
6 entriesdaikon radishpickled radishradish greensradish rootred radishwatermelon radish
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
2 entriesTranslations
137 translations across 104 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- radijs noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Albanian
1 entries- rrapë noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Amharic
1 entries- ፍጅል noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ῥαφανίς noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Arabic
4 entries- فجل noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
- فجلة noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
- فُجْل noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
- فِجِل noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Aramaic
1 entries- ܦܘܓ݂ܠܐ noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Armenian
1 entries- բողկ noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Assamese
1 entries- মূলা noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
1 entries- ܦܘܼܓ݂ܠܵܐ noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Asturian
1 entries- rábanu noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- turp noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Basque
1 entries- errefautxo noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Belarusian
2 entries- рады́ска noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
- рэ́дзька noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Bengali
1 entries- মূলা noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Bhojpuri
1 entries- मूली noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Bulgarian
1 entries- ре́пичка noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Catalan
1 entries- ravenera noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Cebuano
1 entries- labanos noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- توور noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Chinese
2 entries- 菜頭 /菜头 noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
- 蘿蔔 /萝卜 noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 蘿蔔 /萝卜 noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 菜頭 /菜头 noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
- 蘿蔔 /萝卜 noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Chuvash
1 entries- кӑшман noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Czech
3 entries- ředkev noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
- ředkev setá noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
- ředkvička noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Danish
1 entries- ræddike noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Dutch
1 entries- radijs noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Eastern Mari
1 entries- ушмен noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Erzya
1 entries- кшумань noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Esperanto
1 entries- rafano noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Estonian
1 entries- redis noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Finnish
1 entries- retiisi noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
French
1 entries- radis noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Gagauz
1 entries- trup noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Galician
4 entries- ravo noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
- samargo noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
- saramago noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
- senradela noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Georgian
1 entries- ბოლოკი noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
German
2 entries- Radieschen noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
- Rettich noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Greek
1 entries- ραπάνι noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Gujarati
1 entries- મૂળો noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Hakka Chinese
3 entries- 菜頭 /菜头 noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
- 蘿蔔 /萝卜 noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
- 蘿蔔仔 /萝卜仔 noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Hebrew
1 entries- צְנוֹן noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Hindi
1 entries- मूली noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Hungarian
1 entries- retek noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Icelandic
1 entries- radísa noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Indonesian
1 entries- lobak noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Ingrian
1 entries- rediska noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Irish
1 entries- raidis noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Italian
1 entries- ravanello noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Japanese
2 entries- ラディッシュ noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
- 大根 noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Javanese
1 entries- lobak noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Kannada
1 entries- ಮೂಲಂಗಿ noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Kapampangan
1 entries- labanus noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Karelian
1 entries- retiisi noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Kazakh
2 entries- шалғам noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
- шомыр noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Komi-Permyak
1 entries- кушман noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Komi-Zyrian
1 entries- кушман noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Korean
1 entries- 무 noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Kyrgyz
3 entries- турп noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
- чамгыр noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
- шалгам noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Latin
1 entries- raphanum noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Latvian
1 entries- redīss noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Lithuanian
1 entries- ridikas noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Macedonian
2 entries- ротква noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
- ’рдоква noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Malay
3 entries- lobak cina noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
- lobak putih noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
- rades noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Malayalam
1 entries- മുള്ളങ്കി noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Maltese
1 entries- ravanell noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Manchu
1 entries- ᠮᡠᡵᠰᠠ noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Marathi
1 entries- मुळा noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Māori
2 entries- rātihi noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
- u(w)hikura noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Navajo
1 entries- akétłʼóól łichxííʼí yázhí noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Norman
1 entries- radiche noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- tivir noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- reddik noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- reddik noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Old English
1 entries- rǣdiċ noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Ossetian
1 entries- булкъ noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- طورپ noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Persian
1 entries- ترب noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Polish
1 entries- rzodkiewka noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Portuguese
1 entries- rabanete noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Quechua
1 entries- rawanu noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Romanian
1 entries- ridiche noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Russian
3 entries- ре́дька noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
- реди́с noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
- реди́ска noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Salar
1 entries- turma noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Scots
1 entries- reefort noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- rȍtkva noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
- rȍtkvica noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
- ро̏тква noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
- ро̏тквица noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Slovak
2 entries- reďkev noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
- reďkovka noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Slovene
1 entries- redkev noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Southern Altai
1 entries- ачу чалкан noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Spanish
1 entries- rábano noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Swahili
1 entries- figili noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Swedish
2 entries- rädisa noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
- rättika noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Tagalog
1 entries- labanos noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Tamil
1 entries- முள்ளங்கி noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Tangut
1 entries- 𘐣𗪸 noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Tatar
1 entries- торма noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Telugu
1 entries- ముల్లంగి noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Thai
1 entries- ไชเท้า noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Turkish
1 entries- turp noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Udmurt
1 entries- кушман noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Ukrainian
3 entries- ре́дька noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
- реди́с noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
- реди́ска noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Vietnamese
1 entries- củ cải noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Volapük
1 entries- räf noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Welsh
1 entries- rhuddygl noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Western Mari
1 entries- качы ушман noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Yiddish
1 entries- רעטעך noun (plant Raphanus sativus var. sativus)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
Cut the daikon radish and carrot into quarter slices and cut the other vegetables into bite-size pieces.
Source: tatoeba (5270256)
Pot herbs grow in gardens, such as lettuce, cabbage, onions, garlic, gourd, parsnip, turnip, radish, horse radish, parsley, cucumbers and pumpkin.
Source: tatoeba (7309945)
Greens and vegetables grow in gardens, such as lettuce, cabbage, onions, garlic, gourd, parsnip, turnip, radish, horse radish, parsley, cucumbers and pumpkin.
Source: tatoeba (7311445)
Showing 4 of 19 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "radish"?
Closest matches include radish plant, raphanus sativus, condiment, crisp root, daikon.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "radish"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.