Word Type

Noun

Verb

Proper Noun

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

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

bland

Capable Of

season dish

Coordinate Terms

herb

Derived Terms

Montreal steak spice allspice golden spice hunger is the best spice king of spices mixed spice pudding spice pumpkin pie spice pumpkin spice pumpkin spice latte pumpkin-pie spice pumpkin-spice latte queen of spices spice bag spice brown spice drop spice fiend spice finch spice rack spiceberry spicebush spicery spiciness spicy sugar and spice sugar and spice and everything nice table spice

Distinct From

sugar

Etymologically Related To

lice louse mice mouse

Inflected/Variant Forms

spouse

Context

nonce software engineering yorkshire

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

alter change flavor flavorer flavoring flavour flavourer flavouring modify preservative season seasoner seasoning taste property

Type Of (IsA)

flavorer food ingredient plant material preservative seasoning software

Manner Of

change

Related Terms

five-spice powder herbs and spices spice up spicy tooth variety is the spice of life

Related Terms

adding adding flavor appeal aromatic candy cannabinoid cinnamon contains contains cumin cooking cooking ingredient cumin drug flavor flavoring flavour flavour ingredient flavouring flavouring food food food flavoring for food general herbs herbs and hot hotter ingredient interest kind making making hotter oregano pepper plant pungent salt salt pepper season seasoning species spice up sugar sugar and sweet synthetic thai thai food

Similar Terms

herb season

Synonym Network

seasoning spiciness zest

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