Heat sesame oil in the pan on a medium flame, add the chicken meat, the garlic and fry, when the colour changes pour in the Chinese soup, add the Chinese cabbage and boil.
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Sesame
/ˈsɛsəmi/
Synonyms for "sesame" (13 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: benne, benni, benny, cooking oil, edible oil.
- Sentence evidence is available for sesame, 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 "sesame".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "sesame"
Keep "sesame" 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 "sesame" 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 "sesame", 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 "sesame" 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
10 entriesMore specific
6 entriesblack sesame plantblack sesame seedtoasted sesame oiluntoasted sesame oilwhite sesame plantwhite sesame seed
Collocations
6 entriesblack sesamesesame oilsesame pastesesame seedstoasted sesame oilwhite sesame
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
4 entriesTranslations
100 translations across 74 languages.
Afar
1 entries- simsím noun (plant)
Akkadian
1 entries- 𒊭𒈦𒌑𒈬 noun (plant)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- σησάμη noun (plant)
Arabic
1 entries- سِمْسِم noun (plant)
Armenian
2 entries- շուշմա noun (plant)
- քնջութ noun (plant)
Assamese
1 entries- তিল noun (plant)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- küncüt noun (plant)
Bengali
1 entries- তিল noun (plant)
Bulgarian
1 entries- сусам noun (plant)
Burmese
1 entries- နှမ်း noun (plant)
Buryat
1 entries- гүнжэд noun (plant)
Catalan
1 entries- sèsam noun (plant)
Chinese
2 entries- 油麻 noun (plant)
- 麻 noun (plant)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 芝麻 noun (plant)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 胡麻 noun (plant)
- 芝麻 noun (plant)
Danish
1 entries- sesam noun (plant)
Daur
2 entries- bal noun (plant)
- cigaa bal noun (plant)
Dutch
1 entries- sesam noun (plant)
Eastern Min Chinese
2 entries- 油麻 noun (plant)
- 芝麻 noun (plant)
Faroese
1 entries- sesam noun (plant)
Finnish
1 entries- seesami noun (plant)
French
1 entries- sésame noun (plant)
Galician
1 entries- sésamo noun (plant)
Georgian
2 entries- სეზამი noun (plant)
- ქუნჯუტი noun (plant)
German
1 entries- Sesam noun (plant)
Greek
1 entries- σουσαμιά noun (plant)
Hebrew
1 entries- סומסום noun (plant)
Hindi
4 entries- जटिल noun (plant)
- तिल noun (plant)
- तील noun (plant)
- तैलफल noun (plant)
Hittite
1 entries- 𒊭𒀊𒊭𒈠 noun (plant)
Hungarian
1 entries- szezám noun (plant)
Hurrian
1 entries- 𒋗𒈪𒋗𒈪 noun (plant)
Indonesian
3 entries- bijan noun (plant)
- sesam noun (plant)
- wijen noun (plant)
Irish
1 entries- seasaman noun (plant)
Italian
1 entries- sesamo noun (plant)
Japanese
1 entries- 胡麻 noun (plant)
Khmer
1 entries- ល្ង noun (plant)
Korean
1 entries- 참깨 noun (plant)
Lao
1 entries- ງາ noun (plant)
Latin
1 entries- sēsamum noun (plant)
Macedonian
1 entries- сусам noun (plant)
Malay
2 entries- bijan noun (plant)
- lenga noun (plant)
Manchu
1 entries- ᠮᠠᠯᠠᠩᡤᡡ noun (plant)
Mon
1 entries- လ္ၚဴ noun (plant)
Mongolian
1 entries- гүнжид noun (plant)
Māori
1 entries- hehame noun (plant)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- kuncî noun (plant)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- sesam noun (plant)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- sesam noun (plant)
Pali
1 entries- tila noun (plant)
Persian
1 entries- کنجد noun (plant)
Polish
1 entries- sezam noun (plant)
Portuguese
2 entries- gergelim noun (plant)
- sésamo noun (plant)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਤਿਲ noun (plant)
Romanian
2 entries- sesam noun (plant)
- susan noun (plant)
Russian
3 entries- кунжу́т noun (plant)
- сеза́м noun (plant)
- сим-си́м noun (plant)
Sanskrit
1 entries- तिल noun (plant)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- susam noun (plant)
- сусам noun (plant)
Shan
1 entries- ငႃး noun (plant)
Spanish
1 entries- sésamo noun (plant)
Swedish
1 entries- sesam noun (plant)
Tagalog
1 entries- linga noun (plant)
Tai Nüa
1 entries- ᥒᥣᥰ noun (plant)
Tajik
1 entries- кунҷид noun (plant)
Tamil
1 entries- எள் noun (plant)
Thai
1 entries- งา noun (plant)
Tibetan
1 entries- ཏིལ noun (plant)
Turkish
1 entries- susam noun (plant)
Tyap
1 entries- kuut noun (plant)
Ugaritic
1 entries- 𐎌𐎌𐎎𐎐 noun (plant)
Urdu
2 entries- تل noun (plant)
- سِمْسِم noun (plant)
Vietnamese
2 entries- mè noun (plant)
- vừng noun (plant)
Volapük
1 entries- sesam noun (plant)
Welsh
1 entries- sesame noun (plant)
Yiddish
2 entries- סומסום noun (plant)
- קונזשוט noun (plant)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
4. Heat the sesame oil in the wok and melt the butter.
Source: tatoeba (329198)
Open Sesame!
Source: tatoeba (790847)
Open, Sesame!
Source: tatoeba (2043955)
Showing 4 of 11 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "sesame"?
Closest matches include benne, benni, benny, cooking oil, edible oil.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "sesame"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.