Watermelon

/ˈwɔtɚˌmɛlən/

Synonyms for "watermelon" (9 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (2)

Noun(2 words)
breastscitrullus vulgaris

Strong matches (3)

Noun(3 words)
melonmelonspink

Related words (4)

Noun(4 words)
rosesalmonwatermelon fruitwatermelon vine

Choosing the right synonym

  • Closest matches in this entry: breasts, citrullus vulgaris, melon, melons, pink.
  • Sentence evidence is available for watermelon, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
  • Ranking signals come from wiktionary, wordnet, opengloss, 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 "watermelon".
  • Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.

When not to replace "watermelon"

Keep "watermelon" 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 "watermelon" 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 "watermelon", 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 "watermelon" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

6 entries
coloredible fruitfruithuemelonmelon vine

More specific

5 entries
icebox watermelonpinkrosesalmonseedless watermelon

Collocations

6 entries
seedless watermelonwatermelon flavorwatermelon fleshwatermelon juicewatermelon rindwatermelon seeds

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

5 entries
watermelon cultivarwatermelon fleshwatermelon juicewatermelon rindwatermelon variety

Translations

212 translations across 154 languages.

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Adyghe

1 entries
  • хъырбыдз noun (fruit)

Afrikaans

3 entries
  • waatlemoen noun (fruit)
  • wartlemoen noun (fruit)
  • waterlemoen noun (fruit)

Albanian

2 entries
  • bostan noun (fruit)
  • shalqi noun (fruit)

Algerian Arabic

1 entries
  • دلاع noun (fruit)

Arabic

4 entries
  • بطيخ noun (fruit)
  • بطيخ noun (fruit)
  • بطيخ noun (fruit)
  • بطيخ noun (fruit)

Aramaic

1 entries
  • ܦܲܛܝܼܚܵܐ noun (fruit)

Armenian

1 entries
  • ձմերուկ noun (fruit)

Assamese

1 entries
  • তৰমুজ noun (fruit)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

1 entries
  • ܫܸܦܬܝܼܵܐ noun (fruit)

Asturian

1 entries
  • sandía noun (fruit)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • qarpız noun (fruit)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • ҡарбуз noun (fruit)

Basque

1 entries
  • angurri noun (fruit)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • каву́н noun (fruit)

Bengali

1 entries
  • তরমুজ noun (fruit)

Bikol Central

1 entries
  • pakwan noun (fruit)

Brunei Malay

1 entries
  • sikoi noun (fruit)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • ди́ня noun (fruit)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ဖရဲ noun (fruit)

Cahuilla

1 entries
  • 'estu'ish noun (fruit)

Campidanese Sardinian

1 entries
  • síndria noun (fruit)

Catalan

3 entries
  • meló d'Alger noun (fruit)
  • meló d'aigua noun (fruit)
  • síndria noun (fruit)

Cebuano

1 entries
  • pakwan noun (fruit)

Central Dusun

1 entries
  • sadur noun (fruit)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • شووتی noun (fruit)

Central Sierra Miwok

1 entries
  • santija- noun (fruit)

Chavacano

1 entries
  • pakwan noun (fruit)

Chickasaw

1 entries
  • istokchank noun (fruit)

Chinese

2 entries
  • 生瓜 noun (fruit)
  • 西瓜 noun (fruit)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 西瓜 noun (fruit)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 西瓜 noun (fruit)

Czech

1 entries
  • vodní meloun noun (fruit)

Danish

1 entries
  • vandmelon noun (fruit)

Dutch

1 entries
  • watermeloen noun (fruit)

East Frisian Low Saxon

1 entries
  • wóótermelôon noun (fruit)

Egyptian

1 entries
  • b-d:d-w-D28:D52-M2:Z2 noun (fruit)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • akvomelono noun (fruit)

Estonian

2 entries
  • arbuus noun (fruit)
  • vesimelon noun (fruit)

Faroese

1 entries
  • vatnmelón noun (fruit)

Finnish

2 entries
  • arbuusi noun (fruit)
  • vesimeloni noun (fruit)

French

2 entries
  • melon d'eau noun (fruit)
  • pastèque noun (fruit)

Friulian

1 entries
  • angurie noun (fruit)

Galician

4 entries
  • cidra noun (fruit)
  • guineo noun (fruit)
  • pepón noun (fruit)
  • sandía noun (fruit)

Gallurese

2 entries
  • patéca noun (fruit)
  • síndria noun (fruit)

Georgian

1 entries
  • საზამთრო noun (fruit)

German

1 entries
  • Wassermelone noun (fruit)

Greek

2 entries
  • καρπούζι noun (fruit)
  • υδροπέπων noun (fruit)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • તરબૂચ noun (fruit)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • ipu haole noun (fruit)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • אֲבַטִּיחַ noun (fruit)

Hindi

1 entries
  • तरबूज़ noun (fruit)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • görögdinnye noun (fruit)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • vatnsmelóna noun (fruit)

Ido

1 entries
  • aquomelono noun (fruit)

Ilocano

1 entries
  • sandia noun (fruit)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • semangka noun (fruit)

Irish

1 entries
  • mealbhacán uisce noun (fruit)

Isthmus Zapotec

1 entries
  • xandié noun (fruit)

Italian

2 entries
  • anguria noun (fruit)
  • cocomero noun (fruit)

Japanese

1 entries
  • スイカ noun (fruit)

Javanese

1 entries
  • semangka noun (fruit)

Kabardian

1 entries
  • хъарбыз noun (fruit)

Kalmyk

1 entries
  • тарвс noun (fruit)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ಕಲ್ಲಂಗಡಿ noun (fruit)

Kapampangan

1 entries
  • pakuan noun (fruit)

Karelian

1 entries
  • arpuusi noun (fruit)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • қарбыз noun (fruit)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ឪឡឹក noun (fruit)

Korean

2 entries
  • 서과 noun (fruit)
  • 수박 noun (fruit)

Kumyk

1 entries
  • харбуз noun (fruit)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • дарбыз noun (fruit)

Ladino

1 entries
  • קארפוּס noun (fruit)

Lao

1 entries
  • ໝາກໂມ noun (fruit)

Latin

1 entries
  • citrullus noun (fruit)

Latvian

1 entries
  • arbūzs noun (fruit)

Lezgi

1 entries
  • къарпуз noun (fruit)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • arbūzas noun (fruit)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Waassermeloun noun (fruit)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • бостан noun (fruit)
  • лубеница noun (fruit)

Malay

3 entries
  • mendikai noun (fruit)
  • semangka noun (fruit)
  • tembikai noun (fruit)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • തണ്ണിമത്തൻ noun (fruit)

Maltese

1 entries
  • dulliegħ noun (fruit)

Manchu

1 entries
  • ᡩᡠᠩᡤᠠ noun (fruit)

Marathi

1 entries
  • कलिंगड noun (fruit)

Marwari

1 entries
  • मतीरौ noun (fruit)

Mesopotamian Arabic

2 entries
  • رقّي noun (fruit)
  • شمزي noun (fruit)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • тарвас noun (fruit)
  • шийгуа noun (fruit)

Māori

1 entries
  • merengi noun (fruit)

Navajo

1 entries
  • chʼééhjiyáán noun (fruit)

Neapolitan

1 entries
  • mellóne d'àcqua noun (fruit)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • zebeş noun (fruit)
  • şûtî noun (fruit)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • vannmelon noun (fruit)
  • vassmelon noun (fruit)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • vassmelon noun (fruit)

Occitan

1 entries
  • pastèca noun (fruit)

Odia

1 entries
  • ତରଭୁଜ noun (fruit)

Okinawan

1 entries
  • 広東瓜 noun (fruit)

Osage

1 entries
  • sáhku noun (fruit)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • قارپوز noun (fruit)

Pacoh

1 entries
  • akeal pacai noun (fruit)

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries
  • ґереґа noun (fruit)

Pashto

1 entries
  • هندواڼه noun (fruit)

Persian

4 entries
  • تربز noun (fruit)
  • خربز noun (fruit)
  • خربزه noun (fruit)
  • هندوانه noun (fruit)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Rebus noun (fruit)

Polish

1 entries
  • arbuz noun (fruit)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • melancia noun (fruit)

Punjabi

4 entries
  • ہدواݨا noun (fruit)
  • ਤਰਬੂਜ noun (fruit)
  • ਮਤੀਰਾ noun (fruit)
  • ਹਦਵਾਣਾ noun (fruit)

Quechua

1 entries
  • santiya noun (fruit)

Romanian

3 entries
  • harbuz noun (fruit)
  • lubeniță noun (fruit)
  • pepene verde noun (fruit)

Russian

1 entries
  • арбу́з noun (fruit)

Sanskrit

2 entries
  • कालिन्द noun (fruit)
  • तरम्बुज noun (fruit)

Sardinian

2 entries
  • sìndria noun (fruit)
  • síndria noun (fruit)

Sassarese

1 entries
  • síndria noun (fruit)

Scots

1 entries
  • wattermelon noun (fruit)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • meal-bhuc uisge noun (fruit)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • bòstan noun (fruit)
  • lubènica noun (fruit)
  • бо̀стан noun (fruit)
  • лубѐница noun (fruit)

Shan

2 entries
  • တႅင်ၸမ်ႇပူႇ noun (fruit)
  • တႅင်ၸမ်ႈပူႇ noun (fruit)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • දිය කොමඩු noun (fruit)

Slovak

1 entries
  • vodný melón noun (fruit)

Slovene

1 entries
  • lubenica noun (fruit)

Sotho

1 entries
  • lehapu noun (fruit)

Southern Altai

1 entries
  • арбуз noun (fruit)

Spanish

4 entries
  • melón noun (fruit)
  • melón de agua noun (fruit)
  • patilla noun (fruit)
  • sandía noun (fruit)

Swahili

1 entries
  • tikiti noun (fruit)

Swedish

1 entries
  • vattenmelon noun (fruit)

Tabaru

1 entries
  • samaka noun (fruit)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • pakwan noun (fruit)

Tajik

1 entries
  • тарбуз noun (fruit)

Talysh

1 entries
  • зымсони noun (fruit)

Tamil

1 entries
  • தர்பூசணி noun (fruit)

Tatar

1 entries
  • карбыз noun (fruit)

Telugu

1 entries
  • పుచ్చకాయ noun (fruit)

Ternate

1 entries
  • samaka noun (fruit)

Thai

1 entries
  • แตงโม noun (fruit)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • ཆུ་ཀུབ noun (fruit)

Tigrinya

1 entries
  • ብርጭቕ noun (fruit)

Tongan

1 entries
  • meleni noun (fruit)

Tunisian Arabic

1 entries
  • دلاع noun (fruit)

Turkish

1 entries
  • karpuz noun (fruit)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • garpyz noun (fruit)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • каву́н noun (fruit)

Urdu

1 entries
  • تربوز noun (fruit)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • تاۋۇز noun (fruit)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • tarvuz noun (fruit)

Venetan

4 entries
  • anguria noun (fruit)
  • cocomaro noun (fruit)
  • cocomero noun (fruit)
  • inguria noun (fruit)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • dưa hấu noun (fruit)

Volga German

1 entries
  • Erbus noun (fruit)

Welsh

2 entries
  • dyfrfelon noun (fruit)
  • melon dŵr noun (fruit)

White Hmong

1 entries
  • dib liab noun (fruit)

Winnebago

1 entries
  • wicąwą sake noun (fruit)

Wolof

1 entries
  • xaal noun (fruit)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • אַרבוז noun (fruit)
  • קאַווענע noun (fruit)

Zazaki

1 entries
  • debeş noun (fruit)

Zhuang

2 entries
  • gvehoengz noun (fruit)
  • sihgvah noun (fruit)

Zulu

1 entries
  • ikhabe noun (fruit)

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Have you bought a watermelon?

Source: tatoeba (52452)

I've never seen such a giant watermelon!

Source: tatoeba (54646)

This is a kind of watermelon.

Source: tatoeba (55566)

A cucumber is related to a watermelon.

Source: tatoeba (63140)

Showing 4 of 14 available sentences.

Common questions

What are the closest synonyms for "watermelon"?

Closest matches include breasts, citrullus vulgaris, melon, melons, pink.

How should I check whether a synonym fits "watermelon"?

Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.

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