What is "pepper" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does pepper mean in English? Meaning of pepper definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "pepper" in English? Definition and Explanations

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

Noun

  • Meaning: climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam
  • Synonyms: black pepper common pepper madagascar pepper pepper piper nigrum white pepper
  • Hypernyms: pepper vine true pepper
  • Part Holonyms: pepper peppercorn
  • Substance Holonyms: piperin piperine
  • Meaning of "pepper": add pepper to

    Verb

  • Meaning: add pepper to
  • Example: pepper the soup
  • Synonyms: pepper
  • Hypernyms: spice spice up zest
  • Meaning of "pepper": any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers

    Noun

  • Meaning: any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers
  • Synonyms: capsicum capsicum pepper plant pepper
  • Hyponyms: bell pepper bird pepper capsicum annuum cerasiforme capsicum annuum conoides capsicum annuum grossum capsicum annuum longum capsicum baccatum capsicum frutescens capsicum frutescens baccatum cayenne cayenne pepper cherry pepper chili pepper chilli pepper cone pepper hot pepper jalapeno long pepper paprika pimento pimiento sweet pepper sweet pepper plant tabasco pepper tabasco plant
  • Hypernyms: bush shrub
  • Part Holonyms: pepper
  • Substance Holonyms: capsaicin
  • Meaning of "pepper": attack and bombard with or as if with missiles

    Verb

  • Meaning: attack and bombard with or as if with missiles
  • Example: pelt the speaker with questions
  • Synonyms: pelt pepper
  • Hypernyms: assail attack
  • Meaning of "pepper": pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground

    Noun

  • Meaning: pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground
  • Synonyms: pepper peppercorn
  • Hyponyms: black pepper white pepper
  • Hypernyms: flavorer flavoring flavourer flavouring seasoner seasoning
  • Meaning of "pepper": sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum

    Noun

  • Meaning: sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum
  • Synonyms: pepper
  • Hyponyms: hot pepper sweet pepper
  • Hypernyms: solanaceous vegetable
  • Synonyms:

    gravy, seasoning, salt, dressing, sauce, relish, spice, zest, mustard, ketchup, horseradish, salsa, catsup, sprinkle, stud, stipple, freckle, dabble, dab, fleck, pimple, bespeckle, vigor, eagerness, zest, ardor, ebullience, vitality, excitement, exhilaration, fervor, buoyancy, spirit, effervescence, life, sprightliness, zip, pep, bounce, liveliness, juice, animation, friskiness, abandon, cheerfulness, zap, high spirits, gayness, get up and go, infuse, lace, spice, season, impart, ginger, leaven, salt, imbue, pep up, add zing, add zip, hot it up, blemish, blotch, mole, stipple, sprinkle, speck, speckle, pockmark, patch, pock, pit, dot, lentigo, daisy, pigmentation, macula, infuse, sprinkle, intermix, distribute, interlard, diffuse, bestrew, interfuse, intersow, intersprinkle, bombard, pummel, shower, batter, hurl, assail, pound, belabor, hammer, career, belt, speed, swat, charge, strike, dash, sling, rush, rain, wallop, shoot, knock, stone, tear, pour, cast, thrash, lapidate, interrupt, intersperse, sprinkle, underline, stress, divide, point, interject, separate, accent, mark, break, accentuate, emphasize, intersect, point up, mar, pervade, puncture, corrupt, infest, pierce, damage, impair, spoil, bore, pit, honeycomb, lace, color, pep, enliven, leaven, salt, spice, gravy, condiment, salt, dressing, sauce, spice, relish, zest, herb, pungency, streak, stipple, speck, soil, splotch, blot, speckle, tarnish, splash, stud, spatter, dapple, pimple, sully, stripe, besmirch, blotch, taint, fleck, dirty, mottle, marble, dot, maculate, bespatter, moisten, dredge, smear, shower, spray, stud, dust, strew, dot, freckle, christen, dampen, spit, spot, rain, speckle, baptize, powder, shake, squirt, mist, speck, spritz, lob, thrust, force, shove, fling, fire, hurl, deliver, drive, send, flip, start, lift, push, pitch, put, heave, bunt, flick, tumble, overwhelm, toss, waft, dash, dislodge, cant, bandy, strew, shower, floor, pelt, splatter, unseat, precipitate, peg, catapult, project, sprinkle, unhorse, sling, buck, spray, fell, butt, discharge, overturn, pellet, bombard, stone, launch, shy, upset, chuck, impel, cast, barrage, volley, scatter, lapidate, fling off, let fly, let go, vigor, strength, force, zeal, energy, pep, drive, vitality, dash, fire, zing, passion, kick, activity, push, enthusiasm, spirit, oomph, vinegar, stipple, freckle, sprinkle, speck, variegate, spot, flake, patch, fleck, mosaic, dapple, dot, besprinkle, bespeckle, brindle, punctate, mottle, stipple, freckle, sprinkle, speck, dab, fleck, stud, dapple, dabble, pimple, besprinkle, bespeckle,

    Antonyms:

    lethargy, apathy, indifference, coolness, inactivity, lifelessness, insufficiency, lack, disinterest, dullness, depression, discouragement, need, want, collect, gather, slow, tap, lose, combine, unite, collect, gather, attach, join, agree, help, cook plain, clean, overlook, unspot, collect, gather, dissuade, repress, slow, explain, pull, discourage, stop, receive, keep, collect, gather, hold, catch, help, enervation, idleness, inactivity, lethargy, weakness, apathy, indifference, laziness, hate, languor, lifelessness, powerlessness, dullness,

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