Salty

/sɔl.ti/

Synonyms for "salty" (89 found)

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Closest matches (18)

attic biting blue brackish brilliant briny broach broad caustic clever droll facetious funny humorous

Adjective(3 words)

bitter briny grumpy

Adjective(1 words)

haline

Strong matches (27)

humorsome jesting jocose jocular joking joky joshing keen keen-witted marine maritime mordacious mordant nautical naval navigationalnimble wittednimble-witted ocean-going oceanic

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off coloroff-color pelagic pickled

Adjective(3 words)

irritatedold saltpiquant

Related words (44)

pointed pungent purplequick wittedquick-witted racy rapier-like risky risque saline salt salted saltish scabrous scathing scintillating seafaring seamanlike seamanly sexy

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shady sharp smart sophisticated sparkling spicy sprightly suggestive trenchant water-borne whimsical wicked witty

Adjective(8 words)

salado salinesaline environmentsaline soilsaline watersaltierseasoned marinersour

Adjective(2 words)

saline salt

Noun(1 words)

saline solution

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7 relation types

More general

3 entries

emotional stategustatory propertyoccupational term

More specific

5 entries

irritated moodold saltresentful attitudesaltinesssea dog

Collocations

5 entries

salty brothsalty flavorsalty languagesalty moodsalty taste

Inflections

2 entries

saltier saltiest

Derivations

2 entries

saltily saltiness

Antonyms

1 entries

fresh

similar

7 entries

brackish briny saliferous saline saltish stimulating tasty

Sample sentences

23 total sentences available.

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You can not drink the seawater, for it is too salty.

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The soup in the pot tasted very salty.

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The food the restaurant offered us was so cold and salty that it was far from satisfying.

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This food is too salty.

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