Zest

//zɛst//

Synonyms for "zest" (166 found)

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Closest matches (34)

Noun(3 words)
gustorelishtang

Strong matches (49)

Noun(1 words)
go

Related words (83)

Verb(2 words)
spicespice up

Related word relations

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derived

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manner of

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related to

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Translations

72 translations across 25 languages.

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Bulgarian

3 entries
  • охота noun (enthusiasm)
  • склонност noun (enthusiasm)
  • цитрусова кора noun (outer skin of citrus)

Catalan

1 entries
  • pela noun (outer skin of citrus)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 熱心 /热心 noun (enthusiasm)

Czech

4 entries
  • (citrusová) kůra noun (outer skin of citrus)
  • elán noun (enthusiasm)
  • nadšení noun (enthusiasm)
  • radost noun (enthusiasm)

Dutch

1 entries
  • geraspte citrusschil noun (outer skin of citrus)

Finnish

4 entries
  • innostus noun (enthusiasm)
  • into noun (enthusiasm)
  • kuori noun (outer skin of citrus)
  • ulkokuori noun (outer skin of citrus)

French

2 entries
  • entrain noun (enthusiasm)
  • zeste noun (outer skin of citrus)

Galician

3 entries
  • azo noun (enthusiasm)
  • casca noun (outer skin of citrus)
  • entusiasmo noun (enthusiasm)

Georgian

3 entries
  • გატაცება noun (enthusiasm)
  • ენთუზიაზმი noun (enthusiasm)
  • ინტერესი noun (enthusiasm)

German

4 entries
  • Begeisterung noun (enthusiasm)
  • Freude noun (enthusiasm)
  • Genuss noun (enthusiasm)
  • Lust noun (enthusiasm)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • הנאה noun (enthusiasm)
  • התלהבות noun (enthusiasm)
  • חשק noun (enthusiasm)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • héj noun (outer skin of citrus)
  • lelkesedés noun (enthusiasm)

Italian

3 entries
  • buccia noun (outer skin of citrus)
  • entusiasmo noun (enthusiasm)
  • scorza noun (outer skin of citrus)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 熱意 noun (enthusiasm)

Marathi

1 entries
  • जोम noun (enthusiasm)

Māori

2 entries
  • wana noun (enthusiasm)
  • whiwhita noun (enthusiasm)

Norwegian

4 entries
  • begeistring noun (enthusiasm)
  • entusiasme noun (enthusiasm)
  • ytterskall noun (outer skin of citrus)
  • zest noun (outer skin of citrus)

Occitan

3 entries
  • escòrça noun (outer skin of citrus)
  • peleta noun (outer skin of citrus)
  • pèl noun (outer skin of citrus)

Polish

4 entries
  • bigiel noun (enthusiasm)
  • entuzjazm noun (enthusiasm)
  • pikanteria noun (vibrance of flavour)
  • skórka cytrusów noun (outer skin of citrus)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • entusiasmo noun (enthusiasm)
  • gana noun (enthusiasm)

Russian

1 entries
  • це́дра noun (outer skin of citrus)

Slovak

2 entries
  • kôra noun (outer skin of citrus)
  • šupa noun (outer skin of citrus)

Spanish

4 entries
  • brío noun (enthusiasm)
  • cáscara noun (outer skin of citrus)
  • entusiasmo noun (enthusiasm)
  • peladura noun (outer skin of citrus)

Swedish

1 entries
  • zest noun (outer skin of citrus)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • завзяття noun (enthusiasm)
  • запал noun (enthusiasm)
  • потяг noun (enthusiasm)
  • цедра noun (outer skin of citrus)

Sample sentences

23 total sentences available.

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Wit gives zest to conversation.

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Her disappearance gave zest to the mystery.

Source: tatoeba (309362)

When practicing at home, the aspiring bartender had to use a potato peeler to zest lemons.

Source: tatoeba (830739)

Not long after that, Octavia seemed to lose her zest for interaction.

Source: tatoeba (6391132)

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