Can you eat raw oysters?
Source: tatoeba (15953)
Raw
/ɹɔ/
Synonyms for "raw" (416 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (84)
Adjective(13 words)
a novice ata stranger toabusiveadolescentalgeticalgidamateurishangryangulararcticat half cockawkwardbackbaldbarebare-assbarenessbelow zerobirthday suitbiting
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bitterbitterly coldblankmindedblasphemousbleakblindingblownborealbriskbroadbrumalbuddingburningcallowcalumniatorycalumniouschafedchillcoarsecoldcold as charitycold as deathcold as icecold as marblecomminatorycontumeliouscrasscrispcrudecursingcuttingdamnatorydecolletedenunciatorydewydirtydumbdysphemisticearthyecdysiastemptyempty headedempty-headedepithetic
Noun(4 words)
Verb(1 words)
Strong matches (124)
ever-newevergreenexcommunicativeexcommunicatoryexecratoryexposedexposed nervefesteringfieryfirsthandflaringflashyflauntingfledglingfoulfrankfreezingfreezing coldfreshfrigid
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fulminatorygalledgarishgauchegaudygelidglacialglaringgreengreen as grassgropinggrossgrowingguttergymnosophicalgymnosophistgymnosophyhalf bakedhalf cockedhalf-bakedhalf-cockedhalf-grownhibernalhiemalhyperboreanice coldice-coldice-encrustedicelikeicyignorantill-digestedimmatureimprecatoryimpubicimpurein native buffin puris naturalibusin the altogetherin the buffin the rawinaneinclementinelegantinexperiencedinflamedingenuousinnocentintactirritatedjuicyjuvenilekeenknow nothingknow-nothinglewdloudloutishlowlumpyluridmaidenmaidenlymaledictorymeretriciousminornaivenakednakednessnativenaturismnaturistnaturisticneotericnerve endingnescientnestlingnewnew tonew-fledgednippingnippynot a stitchnudenudismnudistnuditynumbing
Noun(2 words)
grungemore animalistic
Adjective(13 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (208)
obsceneoriginaloverbrightpainfulpeeledpenetratingpiercingpinchingprimitivepristineprofanequickrabelaisianrankranklingrareraunchyraw nerveredribald
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rigorousripeningrisqueroughrudesappyscatologicscatologicalscratchyscreamingscurrilescurriloussempervirentsensitiveseveresharpshriekingsiberiansimplesleetyslushysmartingsnappysoft spotsoresore pointsore spotstarkstark-nakedstate of naturestone coldstone-coldstrange tostrippedstripperstripteasersubzerosupercooledtendertender spottentativethe altogetherthe nudethe quickthe rawtinglingtoplessnessunaccustomedunaccustomed tounacquaintedunacquainted withunadultunapprizedunbakedunbeatenunboileduncladunclotheduncomprehendingunconversantunconversant withuncookeduncouthunculturedunderageundercookedunderdoneunderripeundevelopedundigestedundressedunenlightenedunexperiencedunfadedunfamiliarunfamiliar withunfledgedunformedungrownunhandledunilluminateduninformeduninitiateduninitiated inunintelligentunknowingunlickedunmaturedunmellowedunpostedunpracticedunpracticed inunripeunseasonedunskilledunskilled inunsortedunsureuntoucheduntrieduntroddenunusedunused tounversedunversed invacuousvernalvilevirginvirginalvituperativevulgarwindblownwindsweptwinterboundwinterlikewinterywintrywith nothing onwithout a stitchyoung
Noun(7 words)
partially cooked chickenprimitivethe crudeuncoded entryuncooked foodunpurified wateruntreated sample
Adjective(53 words)
peeledprimary language for learningprimitive artrudesensitivesoresoreststark nakedtenderunadjustedunadjusted datauncodeduncompressed dataunconverted quantitiesuncookeduncooked itemuncrafty artuncultivateduncutunedited
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unencoded dataunfabricated materialunfilteredunformattedunformed clayunheatedunmediatedunmodified stateunpackaged materialunprocessedunprocessed dataunprocessed foodsunprocessed meatunrefinedunrefined dataunsandedunsculpted formunseasonedunsegmented dataunshaped materialunskilled workerunstructured approachunstructured environmentunstructured executionunstructured fieldunstructured free workunstructured languageunstructured templateuntanneduntesteduntoasteduntreated dataunwoven
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: crude, a novice at, a stranger to, abusive, adolescent.
- Sentence evidence is available for raw, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from wordnet, opengloss, moby, 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 "raw".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "raw"
Keep "raw" 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 "raw" 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 "raw", 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 "raw" 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 entriescrude languageraw beginnerraw fishraw meatraw recruitraw sensor dataraw survey dataraw talentraw temperature readingsraw vegetablesrough draftunpolished writing
Collocations
6 entriesraw dataraw emotionsraw materialsraw meatraw talentraw vegetables
Inflections
2 entriesDerivations
2 entriesAntonyms
1 entriessimilar
20 entriesShowing 16 of 20 words.
Translations
142 translations across 117 languages.
Abkhaz
1 entries- аӡа adj (uncooked)
Ainu
1 entries- フ adj (uncooked)
Albanian
1 entries- gjallë adj (uncooked)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ὠμός adj (uncooked)
Arabic
2 entries- ني adj (uncooked)
- نَيْء adj (uncooked)
Armenian
1 entries- հում adj (uncooked)
Aromanian
1 entries- crud adj (uncooked)
Assamese
1 entries- কেঁচা adj (uncooked)
Asturian
1 entries- crudu adj (uncooked)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- xam adj (uncooked)
- çiy adj (uncooked)
Baluchi
1 entries- هامگ adj (uncooked)
Bangi
1 entries- -besu adj (uncooked)
Basque
1 entries- gordin adj (uncooked)
Belarusian
1 entries- сыры́ adj (uncooked)
Bengali
1 entries- কাঁচা adj (uncooked)
Bulgarian
1 entries- суро́в adj (uncooked)
Burmese
1 entries- စိမ်း adj (uncooked)
Catalan
1 entries- cru adj (uncooked)
Cebuano
1 entries- hilaw adj (uncooked)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- خاو adj (uncooked)
Chamicuro
1 entries- s̈hoyi adj (uncooked)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 生的 adj (uncooked)
Church Slavic
1 entries- сꙑръ adj (uncooked)
Czech
1 entries- syrový adj (uncooked)
Dalmatian
1 entries- croit adj (uncooked)
Danish
1 entries- rå adj (uncooked)
Dutch
2 entries- rauw adj (uncooked)
- rauwe adj (uncooked)
Eastern Khanty
1 entries- њарәӽ adj (uncooked)
Estonian
1 entries- toores adj (uncooked)
Faroese
1 entries- ráur adj (uncooked)
Finnish
1 entries- raaka adj (uncooked)
French
1 entries- cru adj (uncooked)
Friulian
2 entries- crûd adj (uncooked)
- crût adj (uncooked)
Galician
1 entries- cru adj (uncooked)
Georgian
1 entries- ნედლი adj (uncooked)
German
1 entries- roh adj (uncooked)
Greek
3 entries- άψητος adj (uncooked)
- αμαγείρευτος adj (uncooked)
- ωμός adj (uncooked)
Hawaiian
1 entries- maka adj (uncooked)
Hebrew
2 entries- חַי adj (uncooked)
- נָא adj (uncooked)
Higaonon
2 entries- hilaw adj (uncooked)
- manilaw adj (uncooked)
Hindi
1 entries- कच्चा adj (uncooked)
Hungarian
1 entries- nyers adj (uncooked)
Icelandic
2 entries- hrár adj (uncooked)
- óunninn adj (uncooked)
Indonesian
1 entries- mentah adj (uncooked)
Ingrian
1 entries- toore adj (uncooked)
Interlingua
1 entries- crude adj (uncooked)
Irish
1 entries- amh adj (uncooked)
Italian
1 entries- crudo adj (uncooked)
Japanese
1 entries- 生の adj (uncooked)
Javanese
1 entries- mentah adj (uncooked)
Kazakh
1 entries- шикі adj (uncooked)
Khmer
2 entries- ខ្ចី adj (uncooked)
- ឆៅ adj (uncooked)
Korean
2 entries- 날것의 adj (uncooked)
- 생의 adj (uncooked)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- кам adj (uncooked)
- чийки adj (uncooked)
Lao
1 entries- ດິບ adj (uncooked)
Latgalian
1 entries- zaļš adj (uncooked)
Latin
2 entries- crudus adj (uncooked)
- incoctus adj (uncooked)
Latvian
1 entries- jēls adj (uncooked)
Lingala
1 entries- -besu adj (uncooked)
Lithuanian
1 entries- žalias adj (uncooked)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- syry adj (uncooked)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- réi adj (uncooked)
Macedonian
1 entries- сиров adj (uncooked)
Malay
1 entries- mentah adj (uncooked)
Malayalam
1 entries- പച്ച adj (uncooked)
Maltese
1 entries- nej adj (uncooked)
Mansaka
1 entries- ilaw adj (uncooked)
Manx
1 entries- aw adj (uncooked)
Mongolian
1 entries- түүхий adj (uncooked)
Māori
2 entries- mata adj (uncooked)
- ota adj (uncooked)
Navajo
1 entries- tʼáá tʼéehgo adj (uncooked)
Neapolitan
1 entries- crudo adj (uncooked)
Nepali
1 entries- काँचो adj (uncooked)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- xav adj (uncooked)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- rå adj (uncooked)
Occitan
1 entries- crus adj (uncooked)
Old Irish
1 entries- om adj (uncooked)
Old Javanese
1 entries- mĕtah adj (uncooked)
Ossetian
1 entries- хом adj (uncooked)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- خام adj (uncooked)
Pashto
1 entries- اوم adj (uncooked)
Persian
1 entries- خام adj (uncooked)
Pitjantjatjara
1 entries- wanka adj (uncooked)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- reiw adj (uncooked)
Polish
1 entries- surowy adj (uncooked)
Portuguese
2 entries- cru adj (uncooked)
- crua adj (uncooked)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਕੱਚਾ adj (uncooked)
Quechua
3 entries- cawa adj (uncooked)
- chawa adj (uncooked)
- hanku adj (uncooked)
Romanian
1 entries- crud adj (uncooked)
Romansch
4 entries- criev adj (uncooked)
- criu adj (uncooked)
- criv adj (uncooked)
- crüj adj (uncooked)
Russian
1 entries- сыро́й adj (uncooked)
Samoan
1 entries- ota adj (uncooked)
Sanskrit
1 entries- आम adj (uncooked)
Sardinian
4 entries- cru adj (uncooked)
- crudu adj (uncooked)
- cruo adj (uncooked)
- cruu adj (uncooked)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- sìrov adj (uncooked)
- сѝров adj (uncooked)
Slovak
1 entries- surový adj (uncooked)
Slovene
1 entries- surov adj (uncooked)
Spanish
1 entries- crudo adj (uncooked)
Swedish
1 entries- rå adj (uncooked)
Tahitian
1 entries- ota adj (uncooked)
Tajik
1 entries- хом adj (uncooked)
Tatar
1 entries- чи adj (uncooked)
Telugu
1 entries- పచ్చి adj (uncooked)
Thai
1 entries- ดิบ adj (uncooked)
Tibetan
1 entries- རྗེན་པ adj (uncooked)
Turkish
2 entries- ham adj (uncooked)
- çiğ adj (uncooked)
Turkmen
1 entries- çig adj (uncooked)
Ukrainian
1 entries- сири́й adj (uncooked)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- syry adj (uncooked)
Urdu
1 entries- کچا adj (uncooked)
Uyghur
1 entries- خام adj (uncooked)
Uzbek
1 entries- xom adj (uncooked)
Vietnamese
1 entries- sống adj (uncooked)
Warlpiri
1 entries- wanka adj (uncooked)
Welsh
1 entries- amrwd adj (uncooked)
Yiddish
1 entries- רוי adj (uncooked)
Zhuang
1 entries- ndip adj (uncooked)
Sample sentences
33 total sentences available.
You shouldn't have eaten the fish raw.
Source: tatoeba (16606)
To my surprise, they ate the meat raw.
Source: tatoeba (18900)
We import raw materials and export the finished products.
Source: tatoeba (23014)
Showing 4 of 33 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "raw"?
Closest matches include crude, a novice at, a stranger to, abusive, adolescent.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "raw"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.