Synonyms for pepper
ˈpɛp ərpep·per

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1. pepper, common pepper, black pepper, white pepper, Madagascar pepper, Piper nigrumnoun

   climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam

   Synonyms:
   common pepper, peppercorn, capsicum pepper plant, black pepper, capsicum, white pepper

2. capsicum, pepper, capsicum pepper plantnoun

   any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers

   Synonyms:
   capsicum pepper plant, black pepper, white pepper, common pepper, peppercorn, capsicum, genus Capsicum

3. pepper, peppercornnoun

   pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground

   Synonyms:
   common pepper, peppercorn, capsicum pepper plant, black pepper, capsicum, white pepper

4. pepperverb

   sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum

   Synonyms:
   common pepper, peppercorn, capsicum pepper plant, black pepper, capsicum, white pepper

5. pepperverb

   add pepper to

   "pepper the soup"

   Synonyms:
   pelt

6. pepper, peltverb

   attack and bombard with or as if with missiles

   "pelt the speaker with questions"

   Synonyms:
   stream, pour, pelt, rain cats and dogs, bombard, rain buckets

Matched Categories

1. • Attack
   • Cooking
   • Pepper Vine
   • Shrub
   • Spice

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. peppernoun

   Synonyms:
   capsicum

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:1.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "pepper":

   peppers, chilli, chili, pepperoni

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1. Daunte Wrights:

   And people of color continue to experience brutality and being pepper-sprayed, even killed at the hands of law enforcement, and it's got to stop, one of the things I am looking into is whether there might have been a pattern of misconduct -- of police misconduct, either by these officers specifically or more broadly within the department.

2. Gregory Gillespie:

   I was with some other guys, and then we were starting to push against them, and they were beating us and putting that pepper spray stuff in your eyes. But there were a bunch of people pushing behind us.

3. Cynthia Sass:

   Brewed tea with garlic, ginger, and black pepper makes a perfect marinade.

4. Paul Rozin:

   People come to like a wide variety of innately negative experiences: the burn of chili pepper in the mouth, the bitterness of coffee, the fear from riding on a roller coaster, such benign masochism is widespread in humans, and we really don't know how that process operates.

5. Phoebe Tan:

   Every day the homeless walk around here, i was so scared to find out about this woman getting murdered. I have pepper spray in the store to protect myself.