Synonyms for vanilla
vəˈnɪl ə or, often, -ˈnɛl əvanil·la

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1. vanillanoun

   Synonyms:
   imitation vanilla, vanilla bean, vanilla extract

2. vanillanoun

   Any tropical, climbing orchid of the genus Vanilla (especially Vanilla planifolia), bearing podlike fruit yielding an extract used in flavoring food or in perfumes.

   vanilla suit.

   Synonyms:
   vanilla bean, vanilla extract, imitation vanilla

3. vanillanoun

   The fruit or bean of the vanilla plant.

   Synonyms:
   vanilla extract, imitation vanilla, vanilla bean

4. vanillanoun

   The extract of the fruit of the vanilla plant.

   Synonyms:
   imitation vanilla, vanilla extract, vanilla bean

5. vanillanoun

   The distinctive fragrant flavour/flavor characteristic of vanilla extract.

   You can tell that the secret ingredient missing from New Coke was vanilla, because certain South American economies collapsed when it was introduced, and miraculously revived when the old formula was used again.

   Synonyms:
   imitation vanilla, vanilla extract, vanilla bean

6. vanillanoun

   Any artificially produced homologue of vanilla extract, principally vanillin produced from lignin from the paper industry or from petrochemicals.

   Synonyms:
   vanilla bean, imitation vanilla, vanilla extract

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1. vanillanoun

   any of numerous climbing plants of the genus Vanilla having fleshy leaves and clusters of large waxy highly fragrant white or green or topaz flowers

   Synonyms:
   vanilla extract

   Antonyms:
   fancy

2. vanilla, vanilla extractnoun

   a flavoring prepared from vanilla beans macerated in alcohol (or imitating vanilla beans)

   Synonyms:
   vanilla extract

   Antonyms:
   fancy

3. vanillaadjective

   a distinctive fragrant flavor characteristic of vanilla beans

   Synonyms:
   vanilla extract

   Antonyms:
   fancy

4. vanillaadjective

   flavored with vanilla extract

   "he liked vanilla ice cream"

   Antonyms:
   fancy

5. vanillaadjective

   plain and without any extras or adornments

   "the most common type of bond is the straight or plain vanilla bond"; "the basic car is known as the vanilla version"

   Antonyms:
   fancy

Matched Categories

1. • Flavoring
   • Orchid

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1. List of paraphrases for "vanilla":

   classic, cream

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How to use vanilla in a sentence?

1. Jeff Kravitz/MTV:

   Absolutely nothing. I don't know. He showed up, and I don't know. I don't know the guy, nothing happened with me, I only fight real fighters, people that actually fight, you know what I mean. I certainly don't fight little vanilla boy rappers. I don't even know the guy. I don't know anything about him, except that he's with Megan Fox.

2. Terpsichore Lindeman:

   If vanilla is so widely accepted then why do they have 31 flavors? Normal is not the norm.

3. Rachel Begun:

   The flavor is rich from the walnuts and cocoa powder, and thecombination of orange, dates and vanilla make it sweet. The ginger adds a nice touch of zing.

4. Vipin Narang:

   Indirectly, they've talked about conditions of denuclearization in the past, reaffirming denuclearization on South Korea is like vanilla ice cream now, it's par for the course.

5. Yvette Mimieux:

   The women they write are all one-dimensional, they have no complexity in their lives. It’s all surface. There’s nothing to play. They’re either sex objects or vanilla pudding.