Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "ketchup" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

fast food restaurant fridge grocery store refridgerator refrigerator

Capable Of

spot shirt

Coordinate Terms

black pepper cherry sauce chili sauce chowchow cucumber relish fish sauce green relish ground black pepper ground pepper hoisin sauce malt vinegar mayonnaise mustard mustard sauce oyster flavor sauce pepper plum sauce prepared mustard prepared mustard sauce prepared yellow mustard prepared yellow mustard sauce relish salt siracha soy sauce sweet and sour sauce sweet chili sauce sweet green relish sweet relish table salt tree sauce vinegar white vinegar yellow mustard yellow mustard sauce

Derived Terms

banana ketchup curry ketchup ketchupless ketchuplike ketchuppy marry the ketchup marry the ketchups

Etymologically Related To

catchup catsup

Context

standard of identity us

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

condiment red catsup red ketchup sauce table condiment table sauce tomato sauce

Instance Of

sauce

Type Of (IsA)

condiment food not blood tomasauce tomato sauce

Receives Action

eaten with hot dogs

Related Terms

flavoring garlic onion sauce spice sweetener tomato tomato concentrate vinegar

Synonym Network

catsup

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