The gardener won first prize for the largest turnip grown in the spring harvest.
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Turnip
/ˈtɝ.nɪp/
Synonyms for "turnip" (14 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (3)
Noun(1 words)
brassica rapa
Strong matches (4)
Noun(4 words)
crop plantcultivated plantedible rootroot vegetable
Related words (7)
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: brassica rapa, chronometer, clock, crop plant, cultivated plant.
- Sentence evidence is available for turnip, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from wordnet, derived_reverse, opengloss.
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 "turnip".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "turnip"
Keep "turnip" 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 "turnip" 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 "turnip", 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 "turnip" 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
5 entriescrop plantcruciferous vegetablecultivated plantroot vegetableturnip plant
More specific
3 entriespurple-top turnipturnip greenswhite globe turnip
Collocations
6 entriespurple-top turnipturnip cropturnip greensturnip leavesturnip rootwhite globe turnip
Inflections
1 entriesTranslations
149 translations across 101 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- rrikë noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- γογγυλίς noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Arabic
4 entries- لفت noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
- لفت noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
- لفت noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
- لِفْت noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Aragonese
1 entries- napo noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Armenian
1 entries- շաղգամ noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- şalğam noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Bashkir
1 entries- шалҡан noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Belarusian
2 entries- рэ́па noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
- рэ́пка noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Bengali
1 entries- শালগম noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Bhojpuri
1 entries- शलजम noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Bulgarian
1 entries- ря́па noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Burmese
1 entries- မုန်လာဉဝါ noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Catalan
1 entries- nap noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- شێلِم noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᏓᏈᏌᏂ noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 蕪菁 /芜菁 noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Chuvash
1 entries- ҫарӑк noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Cornish
4 entries- ervin noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
- ervinen noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
- routabaga noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
- turnypen noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Czech
1 entries- vodnice noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Danish
1 entries- majroe noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Dutch
2 entries- knolraap noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
- raap noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Eastern Mari
1 entries- реве noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Esperanto
1 entries- rapo noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Estonian
1 entries- naeris noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Faroese
2 entries- hvítarót noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
- mairót noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Finnish
3 entries- nauris noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
- rehunauris noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
- turnipsi noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Franco-Provençal
1 entries- râva noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
French
1 entries- navet noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Friulian
3 entries- raùç noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
- râf noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
- râv noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Galician
1 entries- nabo noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Georgian
2 entries- ბოლოკი noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
- თალგამი noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
German
4 entries- Bayrische Rübe noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
- Herbstrübe noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
- Mairübe noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
- Rääbe noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Greek
1 entries- γογγύλι noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Hebrew
1 entries- לֶפֶת noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Hindi
2 entries- शलगम noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
- शलजम noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Hungarian
2 entries- fehérrépa noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
- tarlórépa noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Icelandic
1 entries- næpa noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Ido
1 entries- napo noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Ingrian
2 entries- nagris noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
- turnus noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Irish
1 entries- tornapa noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Italian
1 entries- rapa noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Japanese
3 entries- 菘 noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
- 蕪 noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
- 蕪菜 noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Kashmiri
1 entries- گۄگٕج noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Kazakh
1 entries- шалқан noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Komi-Zyrian
1 entries- сёркни noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Korean
1 entries- 순무 noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- шалгам noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
- шалкан noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Lao
1 entries- ຫົວຜັກເທີນິຟ noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Latin
2 entries- nāpus noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
- rāpum noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Latvian
1 entries- rācenis noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Ligurian
1 entries- rava noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Lithuanian
1 entries- ropė noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Low German
1 entries- Rööv noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- rěpa noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Macedonian
2 entries- ре́па noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
- ре́пка noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Malagasy
2 entries- anambe noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
- nave noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Maltese
1 entries- ġidra noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Mongolian
1 entries- манжин noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Māori
2 entries- kōrau noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
- tōnapi noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Navajo
1 entries- niłtsínii bikétłʼóól dijoolí noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Norman
1 entries- navet noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
North Wales Welsh
1 entries- maip noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- şêlim noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- nepe noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- nepe noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Occitan
1 entries- nap noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Old English
1 entries- nǣp noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- شلغم noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Persian
1 entries- شلغم noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Piedmontese
1 entries- rava noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Reew noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Polish
1 entries- rzepa noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Portuguese
1 entries- nabo noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Punjabi
2 entries- ਗੋਂਗਲੂ noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
- ਸ਼ਲਗਮ noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Romanian
2 entries- nap noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
- navetă noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Russian
3 entries- ре́па noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
- ре́пка noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
- турне́пс noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- snèap noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- repa noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
- репа noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Sicilian
1 entries- rapa noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Sinhalese
2 entries- එළවලු වර්ගයක් noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
- ටර්නිප් noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Slovak
2 entries- repa noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
- vodnica noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Slovene
1 entries- repa noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
South Wales Welsh
1 entries- erfin noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Southern Kurdish
1 entries- شەلەم noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Spanish
2 entries- grelo noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
- nabo noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Swedish
2 entries- majrova noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
- rova noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Tagalog
2 entries- pulang singkamas noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
- puting singkamas noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Tajik
1 entries- шалғам noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Thai
1 entries- หัวผักกาด noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Tibetan
1 entries- ཉུང་མ noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Turkish
1 entries- şalgam noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Turkmen
1 entries- şalgam noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Udmurt
1 entries- сяртчы noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Ukrainian
2 entries- рі́па noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
- рі́пка noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Urdu
2 entries- شلجم noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
- شلغم noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Uzbek
1 entries- sholgʻom noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Venetan
1 entries- rava noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Vietnamese
2 entries- cây củ cải noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
- củ cải noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Volapük
1 entries- navät noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Walloon
1 entries- navea noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Western Mari
1 entries- ревӹ noun (white root of Brassica rapa)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
"Let's try to make our own turnip cakes for Chinese New Year!" "That sounds like a good idea, but I'm too lazy to cook."
Source: tatoeba (3498972)
Thomas Lynde - a meek little man whom Avonlea people called "Rachel Lynde's husband" - was sowing his late turnip seed on the hill field beyond the barn.
Source: tatoeba (5824693)
Pot herbs grow in gardens, such as lettuce, cabbage, onions, garlic, gourd, parsnip, turnip, radish, horse radish, parsley, cucumbers and pumpkin.
Source: tatoeba (7309945)
Showing 4 of 18 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "turnip"?
Closest matches include brassica rapa, chronometer, clock, crop plant, cultivated plant.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "turnip"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.