Word Type

Noun

Verb

Adjective

The word "lime" can be used as noun, verb and adjective.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

lemon

Derived Terms

American lime Australian desert-lime Australian finger-lime Australian lime Indian sweet lime Jew's lime Key lime Key lime pie Limedale Mandarin lime Ogeechee lime Palestinian sweet lime Persian lime Philippine lime Rangpur lime Spanish lime Sylhet lime Tahiti lime Thai lime acid lime belime birdlime blood lime broad-leaved lime brooklime carbonate of lime caustic lime caviar lime chloride of lime chlorinated lime cream of lime delime desert lime dolime finger lime hydraulic lime kaffir lime lemon and lime lemon lime lemon-lime lemonime lime blossom lime burning lime butterfly lime disease lime green lime juice lime kiln lime mortar lime pit lime rickey lime sulfur lime tree looper lime yellow lime-aise lime-ash lime-fingered lime-green lime-juicer lime-twig lime-twigged limeade limeberry limeburner limecrete limehound limehouse limekiln limeless limelight limelighter limelike limequat limerita limerod limescale limestone limetini limetwig limewater limeworking limeworks limey limeyard limy makrut lime milk of lime musk lime nitrolime overlime pickling lime quicklime relime round lime shell lime silver lime slaked lime soda lime soda-lime soda-lime glass sweet lime time and lime tobacco lime unlime unlimed unslaked lime white lime whitelime wild lime (Adelia ricinella,

Derived From

limer

Distinct From

lemon

Etymologically Related To

limer lind line

Inflected/Variant Forms

lyam

Context

anime chemistry west indies

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

adhesive adhesive agent adhesive material citrous fruit citrus citrus fruit citrus tree cover fruit hydrated oxide hydroxide oxide scatter spread spread out tree

Type Of (IsA)

citrus citrus fruit colour living thing solid food tangible thing

Manner Of

cover

Related Terms

asbestos calc-tufa calcareous calcify calcine calcium calcium hydroxide calcspar calculus calx chalk fur up gimlet lemon linden plaster sour

Related Terms

activity and tonic asbestos birdlime bitter bitter fruit but but green calc tufa calcareous calcify calcine calcium calcium hydroxide calcium oxide calcspar calculus calx chalk citrus citrus fruit color explicit fan fiction fruit full fur up gimlet green green citrus green fruit green lemon green skin hang out imagination key lime lemon like like lemon lime green limewash linden margaritas plaster quicklime round seven seven up sexual skin slaked lime smear socialize sour sourness sprite tilia tonic treat tree up young young lemon

Synonym Network

birdlime calcium hydroxide calcium oxide limestone linden quicklime

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