Several children are playing on the sandy beach.
Source: tatoeba (789928)
Sandy
//ˈsændi//
Synonyms for "sandy" (105 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (21)
Strong matches (32)
Related words (52)
Noun(2 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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Antonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesderived
22 entriesShowing 16 of 22 words.
derived from
1 entrieshas context
3 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
32 entriesShowing 16 of 32 words.
similar
3 entriesTranslations
79 translations across 37 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀμμώδης adj (covered with sand)
Aromanian
1 entries- arinos adj (covered with sand)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- qumlu adj (covered with sand)
- qumsal adj (containing sand)
Basque
1 entries- hareatsua adj (covered with sand)
Belarusian
2 entries- пясо́чны adj (covered with sand)
- пясча́ны adj (covered with sand)
Breton
1 entries- traezhek adj (covered with sand)
Bulgarian
3 entries- песъчли́в adj (covered with sand)
- песъчли́в adj (containing sand)
- пя́съчен adj (like sand)
Catalan
3 entries- sorrenc adj (covered with sand)
- sorrenc adj (like sand)
- vermellós adj (sand-coloured)
Danish
2 entries- sandet adj (covered with sand)
- sandfarvet adj (sand-coloured)
Dutch
2 entries- zanderig adj (covered with sand)
- zandkleurig adj (sand-coloured)
Esperanto
1 entries- sabla adj (covered with sand)
Finnish
3 entries- hiekanvärinen adj (sand-coloured)
- hiekkainen adj (covered with sand)
- hiekkamainen adj (like sand)
Galician
2 entries- areoso adj (covered with sand)
- areoso adj (like sand)
German
2 entries- sandfarben adj (sand-coloured)
- sandig adj (covered with sand)
Greek
3 entries- αμμοειδής adj (like sand)
- αμμώδης adj (covered with sand)
- αμμώδης adj (like sand)
Gujarati
2 entries- રેતાળ adj (covered with sand)
- રેતાળ adj (like sand)
Hungarian
1 entries- homokos adj (covered with sand)
Icelandic
1 entries- sendinn adj (covered with sand)
Ido
3 entries- sablea adj (sand-coloured)
- sabloza adj (covered with sand)
- sabloza adj (like sand)
Ingrian
3 entries- liivain adj (covered with sand)
- liivakas adj (covered with sand)
- liivaperäin adj (covered with sand)
Irish
2 entries- fionnrua adj (sand-coloured)
- gainmheach adj (containing sand)
Latin
2 entries- harēnōsus adj (covered with sand)
- harēnōsus adj (like sand)
Latvian
2 entries- smilšains adj (covered with sand)
- smilšains adj (like sand)
Lithuanian
2 entries- smėlio spalvos adj (sand-coloured)
- smėlėtas adj (covered with sand)
Macedonian
1 entries- песочен adj (covered with sand)
Nogai
1 entries- кумлы adj (covered with sand)
Norwegian
1 entries- sandfarget adj (sand-coloured)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- sandholdig adj (containing sand)
Polish
1 entries- piaszczysty adj (covered with sand)
Portuguese
4 entries- areado adj (covered with sand)
- arenado adj (covered with sand)
- arenoso adj (sand-coloured)
- areoso adj (like sand)
Romanian
4 entries- arinos adj (covered with sand)
- arinos adj (like sand)
- nisipiu adj (sand-coloured)
- nisipos adj (covered with sand)
Russian
4 entries- песо́чный adj (covered with sand)
- песо́чный adj (containing sand)
- песо́чный adj (like sand)
- песо́чный adj (sand-coloured)
Spanish
2 entries- arenoso adj (covered with sand)
- arenoso adj (like sand)
Swedish
2 entries- sandfärgad adj (sand-coloured)
- sandig adj (covered with sand)
Turkish
3 entries- kumlu adj (covered with sand)
- kumlu adj (containing sand)
- kumsu adj (like sand)
Ukrainian
3 entries- піща́ний adj (covered with sand)
- піща́ний adj (like sand)
- піща́ний adj (sand-coloured)
Yiddish
1 entries- זאַמדיק adj (covered with sand)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Spanish words sound sandy.
Source: tatoeba (1504838)
Hurricane Sandy is coming.
Source: tatoeba (1963071)
Lady Gaga gave $1 million to the Red Cross to help the victims of Hurricane Sandy.
Source: tatoeba (1989596)
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