Word Type

Noun

Proper Noun

Verb

The word "rice" can be used as noun, proper noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

potato wheat

Typical Location

pantry refrigerator rice crisps wedding

Derived Terms

African rice Coues' rice rat French rice Hainanese chicken rice Indian rice Italian rice ball Japanese rice ball Manchurian wild rice Mexican rice Patna rice Rice County Spanish rice ant rice arborio rice artificial rice baby rice black rice brewer's rice brewers' rice broken rice brown rice cauliflower rice cheese and rice claypot rice cook-up rice dirty rice economy rice flattened rice forbidden rice fried rice fried rice syndrome glorified rice golden rice hanging rice hom mali rice hungry rice iron rice bowl jollof rice like white on rice long rice longevity rice mealie rice mountain rice nonrice northern wild rice oily rice omu rice omu-rice peas and rice polished rice pudding rice puffed rice purple rice red yeast rice rice Christian rice and peas rice bag rice ball rice bean rice biscuit rice blast rice bowl rice box rice burner rice cake rice car rice chaser rice congee rice cooker rice cracker rice cutgrass rice eater rice field rice flakes rice flour rice flower rice glue rice grass rice growing rice hat rice hen rice hull rice huller rice husk rice husker rice king rice leafhopper rice malt rice milk rice mill rice moth rice nigger rice noodle rice out rice paddle rice paddy rice paddy herb rice paper rice pounder rice pudding rice queen rice rat rice rocket rice sheath mite rice shell rice steamer rice stick rice stitch rice swift rice tenrec rice vermicelli rice vinegar rice water rice weevil rice wine rice-cracker rice-eater rice-mill rice-paper plant rice-queen rice-spirit ricebird riceburger ricecel ricefield ricefish ricegrass ricegrower riceland riceless ricelike ricemeal ricer riceroot ricey special fried rice sticky rice sweet fermented rice taco rice thunder tea rice white on rice white rice wild rice

Context

chemistry computing cooking dialectal ireland medicine now chiefly scotland weaving

Has Property

black brown opaque white

Part Of (Holonyms)

California roll bhelpuri dosa gumbo idli jambalaya khir mirin mochi nasi goreng onigiri pad thai paella pilaf pilau rangoli rijsttafel risotto sake samshu sushi tahdig

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

cereal cereal grass food grain grain sieve sift starches strain

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

Ambemohar Bhutanese red rice Calrose rice Camargue red rice Champa rice Chinese fermented rice Chinese fermented sweet rice Chinese sweet fermented rice Patna rice Thai fermented rice Thai fermented sweet rice Thai sweet fermented rice Vietnamese fermented glutinous rice Vietnamese fermented sticky rice Vietnamese fermented sweet rice Yangzhou fried rice arborio aromatic rice basmati basmati rice beaten rice black rice bora saul brown rice carnaroli chicken rice chipped rice combination fried rice converted rice corn rice disco rice fermented glutinous rice fermented rice fermented sticky rice fermented sweet rice flattened rice glutinous rice golden rice jasmine rice jungle rice longevity rice pounded rice pressed rice purple rice red rice rice porridge samba rice scorched rice sticky rice sticky rice wine sushi rice sweet rice sweet rice wine this this rice two-dish rice uncooked rice unhusked rice waxy rice white rice

Type Of (IsA)

cereal grain major food source mexican food mob naturally occurring tangible substance pasta plant material staple food in orient starch starches

Manner Of

sift

Part Of

bhelpuri california roll cultivated rice dosa gumbo idli jambalaya khir mirin mochi nasi goreng onigiri pad thai paella pilaf rangoli rijsttafel risotto sake samshu sushi

Receives Action

cooked eaten eaten from dish fermented into wine prepared by cook served in resaurants steamed stirred

Related Terms

PRICE RICE box RICE chart RICE table rise-wood risewood

Related Terms

agricultural agricultural plant ant ant eggs asia asia crop asia fields asia food asia grain asia staple asian asian food asian grain asiatic asiatic dishes basic basic food beans beans and bits bobbin brown carbohydrate carbohydrate crop cereal cereal crispy cheap cheap food children china china food china grain china staple chinese chinese connotation chinese eat chinese food chinese people chinese plantation chinese staple color common common food complement computer connotation content cooking corn countries crispy crop cuisine curry curry complement curry grain customize desktop environment dish dishes east eastern eastern crop eastern cuisine eastern food eat eaten eaten asian eating eating substance edible edible grain edible white eggs ethnic ethnic foods far east field fields flavour food food children food grain food grains food ingredient food staple food stuff foods foodstuff foodstuff china fried fry grain grain food grain of grains grains food grains of grainy grainy food grass grown harvest in china in japan in paddies in sushi indian indian food indian grain ingredient japan japanese japanese food japanese staple kernel kernels legume little little grain little grains little parts little pieces little white long long grain long grains longish maggots main main food many grains mash maybe maybe fried meal minute noodles oriental oriental dishes oriental food oriental grain oriental staple oryza sativa oval ovals paddies paddy paddy field paddy fields paddy grain paddy grown paddy product parts patty pearls pellets people people eat pieces pilaf plain plant plantation poor poor countries popular popular grain pork pork fried potato price product rhys ricer rise wood risotto serial side side dish sized slivers small small food small grain small grains small white spool squeeze staple staple food staple foodstuff starch starchy starchy food steamed stick stir stir fry stuff substance sushi sushi content taste tasty throw throw weddings tiny tiny bits tiny grain toss twig user interface variety vegetable very very common vietnam water wedding wedding grain wedding toss weddings what what japanese wheat white white brown white cereal white color white food white grain white grains white kernel white kernels white little white longish white maggots white or white ovals white pellets white pieces white slivers white small white starch white wheat wild wild rice with curry yummy zizania

Synonym Network

elmer leopold rice timothy miles bindon rice

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