Word Type

Noun

Verb

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

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

fork

Typical Location

bed bowl bowl of soup childs sand box cutlery draw cutlery drawer dinner dishwasher fork in road glass of iced tea hand kitchen drawer resturant serving dish silverware drawer soup table table setting

Capable Of

eat with hold dozens of pieces of rice use to eat soup

Coordinate Terms

foon fork knife ladle spork

Derived Terms

absinthe spoon apostle spoon baffing spoon bar spoon big spoon big spoon born with a silver spoon in one's mouth caddy spoon caviar spoon deflagrating spoon dig one's grave with a fork and spoon ear spoon ear-spoon eat something up with a spoon eat up with a spoon egg and spoon race gag me with a spoon greasy spoon he who sups with the devil should have a long spoon level spoon little spoon little spoon love spoon monkey spoon out of spoons salad spoon serving spoon shoe spoon silver spoon silver-spoon socialist slipper spoon slotted spoon spoon bowl spoon bread spoon chime spoon hook spoon lure spoon mustard spoon oar spoon of Diocles spoon off spoon out spoon receiver spoon rest spoon sled spoon straw spoon sweet spoon theory spoon warmer spoon worm spoon-bowl spoon-drift spoon-fed spoon-feed spoon-feed spoon-hook spoon-meat spoon-winged lacewing spoonbill spooner spoonful spoonie spoons position spoonula spork sugar spoon table-spoon there is no spoon tire spoon

Entails

immerse

Etymologically Related To

spoom

Inflected/Variant Forms

spoom

Has Part

cupped end and handle

Context

croquet dentistry fishing golf military slang sports tennis us

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

container containerful cutlery eating utensil flatware kitchenware make out neck pull remove silverware tableware take take away take off utensil withdraw wood

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

coffee spoon dessert spoon dessertspoon egg spoon grapefruit spoon measuring spoon parfait spoon runcible spoon salt spoon saltspoon serving spoon soup spoon soupspoon tablespoon teaspoon wooden spoon

Type Of (IsA)

container containerful cooking or eating utensil cutlery fluid reservoir shaped thing utensil wood

Manner Of

remove

Receives Action

needed when eating meal

Related Terms

cutlery ladle silverware

Related Terms

concave contours court cutlery eating eating soup eating utensil flirt for soups fork golf club hand grenade handle hit interact ladle lure measure metal nestle reminiscent round scoop serve silver silverware simpleton soup soups spoon excavator spooney spoonful table spoon three wood utensil wooden spoon

Synonym Network

smooch

Used For

consuming liquid cooling liquid by stirring dish to run away with drinking drinking soup eat eat cereal with eat ice cream eat soup eat with eat yogurt eating eating applesauce eating cereal eating cold ceral eating food isn't very solid eating food off plate eating ice cream eating liquids flinging hang on nose liquid foods measuring ingredients mixing ingredients mixing soup people to eat cereal with people to eat soup with scoop ice cream scooping food serving soup stir coffee stir food stir soup stirring coffee stirring tea taking cough syrup transporting liquid short distances

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