Weed

//wiːd//

Synonyms for "weed" (289 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (58)

Strong matches (87)

Related words (144)

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Translations

254 translations across 80 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • dagga noun (slang: marijuana)

Albanian

1 entries
  • Marijuane noun (slang: marijuana)

Amharic

3 entries
  • ማረም noun (unwanted plant)
  • አረም noun (unwanted plant)
  • እንክርዳድ noun (unwanted plant)

Arabic

3 entries
  • بانْجو noun (slang: marijuana)
  • حَشيش noun (slang: marijuana)
  • عُشْبَة ضَارَّة noun (unwanted plant)

Armenian

1 entries
  • մոլախոտ noun (unwanted plant)

Aromanian

3 entries
  • plivescu verb (to remove weeds from)
  • prãshescu verb (to remove weeds from)
  • sãrcljedz verb (to remove weeds from)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • alaq noun (unwanted plant)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • бур'я́н noun (unwanted plant)
  • пустазе́лле noun (unwanted plant)
  • пало́ць verb (to remove weeds from)

Bengali

1 entries
  • গাঁজা noun (slang: marijuana)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • бурен noun (unwanted plant)
  • кранта noun (weak horse)
  • плевел noun (unwanted plant)
  • трева noun (slang: marijuana)

Catalan

3 entries
  • mala herba noun (unwanted plant)
  • desbrossar verb (to remove weeds from)
  • desherbar verb (to remove weeds from)

Chichewa

1 entries
  • tchire noun (unwanted plant)

Chickasaw

1 entries
  • alba noun (unwanted plant)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • noun (slang: marijuana)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 野草 noun (unwanted plant)
  • 雜草 /杂草 noun (unwanted plant)
  • 鋤草 /锄草 verb (to remove weeds from)
  • 除草 verb (to remove weeds from)

Czech

3 entries
  • plevel noun (unwanted plant)
  • tráva noun (slang: marijuana)
  • plít verb (to remove weeds from)

Danish

3 entries
  • tjald noun (slang: marijuana)
  • ukrudt noun (unwanted plant)
  • luge verb (to remove weeds from)

Dutch

4 entries
  • lijngewaad noun ((archaic) clothing collectively)
  • onkruid noun (unwanted plant)
  • wied noun (unwanted plant)
  • wiet noun (slang: marijuana)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • fiherbo noun (unwanted plant)
  • herbaĉo noun (unwanted plant)
  • herbo noun (slang: marijuana)
  • malbonherbo noun (unwanted plant)

Estonian

1 entries
  • umbrohi noun (unwanted plant)

Ewe

1 entries
  • ŋlɔ verb (to remove weeds from)

Faroese

1 entries
  • ókrút noun (unwanted plant)

Finnish

4 entries
  • blossi noun (slang: marijuana)
  • dulla noun (slang: marijuana)
  • ganja noun (slang: marijuana)
  • haaderi noun (slang: marijuana)

French

4 entries
  • adventice noun (unwanted plant)
  • beuh noun (slang: marijuana)
  • chiendent noun (unwanted plant)
  • herbe noun (slang: marijuana)

Galician

4 entries
  • decruar verb (to remove weeds from)
  • desherbar verb (to remove weeds from)
  • randar verb (to remove weeds from)
  • sachar verb (to remove weeds from)

Georgian

2 entries
  • სარეველა noun (unwanted plant)
  • მარგლავს verb (to remove weeds from)

German

3 entries
  • Gras noun (slang: marijuana)
  • Unkraut noun (unwanted plant)
  • jäten verb (to remove weeds from)

Greek

4 entries
  • αγριόχορτο noun (unwanted plant)
  • ζιζάνιο noun (unwanted plant)
  • μαύρο noun (slang: marijuana)
  • φούντα noun (slang: marijuana)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • move zèb noun (unwanted plant)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • גראס noun (slang: marijuana)
  • וויד noun (slang: marijuana)
  • ירוק noun (slang: marijuana)
  • עֵשֶׂב שׁוֹטֶה noun (unwanted plant)

Hindi

2 entries
  • खरपतवार noun (unwanted plant)
  • गांजा noun (slang: marijuana)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • gaz noun (unwanted plant)
  • gyom noun (unwanted plant)
  • marihuána noun (slang: marijuana)
  • gyomlál verb (to remove weeds from)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • gras noun (slang: marijuana)
  • illgresi noun (unwanted plant)

Ido

3 entries
  • mala herbo noun (unwanted plant)
  • desherbachizar verb (to remove weeds from)
  • desherbar verb (to remove weeds from)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • rumput liar noun (unwanted plant)

Ingrian

2 entries
  • rikkaheinä noun (unwanted plant)
  • kitkiä verb (to remove weeds from)

Irish

4 entries
  • donán noun (informal: puny person)
  • fiaile noun (unwanted plant)
  • meatachán noun (informal: puny person)
  • raithneach noun (slang: marijuana)

Italian

4 entries
  • erba noun (slang: marijuana)
  • erbaccia noun (unwanted plant)
  • maria noun (slang: marijuana)
  • diserbare verb (to remove weeds from)

Japanese

4 entries
  • クサ noun (slang: marijuana)
  • ヒヨッコ noun (informal: puny person)
  • 役立たず noun (informal: puny person)
  • noun (underbrush; low shrubs)

Korean

3 entries
  • 잡초 noun (unwanted plant)
  • 김매다 verb (to remove weeds from)
  • 매다 verb (to remove weeds from)

Latin

2 entries
  • runcō verb (to remove weeds from)
  • sarriō verb (to remove weeds from)

Latvian

1 entries
  • nezāle noun (unwanted plant)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • piktžolė noun (unwanted plant)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Onkraut noun (unwanted plant)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • ганџа noun (slang: marijuana)
  • мара noun (slang: marijuana)
  • трева noun (slang: marijuana)
  • плеви verb (to remove weeds from)

Malay

1 entries
  • rumpai noun (unwanted plant)

Māori

4 entries
  • māheuheu noun (unwanted plant)
  • māwhaiwhai noun (unwanted plant)
  • tahuere noun (unwanted plant)
  • tōtō noun (unwanted plant)

Nahuatl

1 entries
  • huihuitla verb (to remove weeds from)

Nepali

1 entries
  • झार noun (unwanted plant)

Ngazidja Comorian

2 entries
  • nkwehe noun (unwanted plant)
  • trunku ɓi noun (unwanted plant)

Norman

1 entries
  • sèrclier verb (to remove weeds from)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • ade noun (unwanted plant)

Norwegian

2 entries
  • pot noun (slang: marijuana)
  • ugress noun (unwanted plant)

Oromo

2 entries
  • aramaa noun (unwanted plant)
  • aramuu verb (to remove weeds from)

Persian

4 entries
  • علف هرز noun (unwanted plant)
  • هرز واش noun (unwanted plant)
  • گراس noun (slang: marijuana)
  • گرس noun (slang: marijuana)

Polish

4 entries
  • badyl noun (unwanted plant)
  • cherlak noun (informal: puny person)
  • chwast noun (unwanted plant)
  • chwast noun (figuratively: something useless)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • erva daninha noun (unwanted plant)
  • maconha noun (slang: marijuana)
  • mato noun (unwanted plant)
  • capinar verb (to remove weeds from)

Romanian

4 entries
  • buruiană noun (unwanted plant)
  • bălărie noun (unwanted plant)
  • iarbă noun (slang: marijuana)
  • plivi verb (to remove weeds from)

Russian

4 entries
  • со́рная трава́ noun (unwanted plant)
  • сорня́к noun (unwanted plant)
  • тра́вка noun (slang: marijuana)
  • поло́ть verb (to remove weeds from)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • luibh noun (unwanted plant)
  • luibheanach noun (unwanted plant)
  • lus noun (unwanted plant)
  • raineach noun (slang: marijuana)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • kórov noun (unwanted plant)
  • trava noun (slang: marijuana)

Slovak

3 entries
  • burina noun (unwanted plant)
  • tráva noun (slang: marijuana)
  • pleť verb (to remove weeds from)

Southern Altai

1 entries
  • одоор verb (to remove weeds from)

Spanish

4 entries
  • alfeñique noun (informal: puny person)
  • grifa noun (slang: marijuana)
  • hierba noun (slang: marijuana)
  • hierbajo noun (unwanted plant)

Swahili

2 entries
  • kwekwe noun (unwanted plant)
  • kwekwe verb (to remove weeds from)

Swedish

2 entries
  • gräs noun (slang: marijuana)
  • ogräs noun (unwanted plant)

Tagalog

4 entries
  • damo noun (slang: marijuana)
  • hilamon noun (unwanted plant)
  • lamon noun (unwanted plant)
  • gamasin verb (to remove weeds from)

Tajik

1 entries
  • хишова кардан verb (to remove weeds from)

Tamil

2 entries
  • களை noun (unwanted plant)
  • களையெடு verb (to remove weeds from)

Telugu

1 entries
  • కలుపు noun (unwanted plant)

Thai

1 entries
  • วัชพืช noun (unwanted plant)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • རྩྭ་ཡན noun (unwanted plant)

Turkish

1 entries
  • ot noun (slang: marijuana)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • otamak verb (to remove weeds from)

Tày

1 entries
  • bjai verb (to remove weeds from)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • бур'я́н noun (unwanted plant)
  • поло́ти verb (to remove weeds from)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • cỏ dại noun (unwanted plant)
  • làm cỏ verb (to remove weeds from)

Welsh

1 entries
  • chwynnyn noun (unwanted plant)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • kjitte noun (unwanted plant)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • גראָז noun (slang: marijuana)

Sample sentences

34 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

These plants are resistant to weed killers.

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This weed killer does not harm human beings.

Source: tatoeba (58513)

He pulled up the weed and threw it away.

Source: tatoeba (296979)

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.

Source: tatoeba (868158)

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.