Synonyms for Onion
ˈʌn yənonion

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. onionnoun

   the bulb of an onion plant

   Synonyms:
   onion plant

2. onion, onion plant, Allium cepanoun

   bulbous plant having hollow leaves cultivated worldwide for its rounded edible bulb

   Synonyms:
   onion plant, onion

3. onionnoun

   an aromatic flavorful vegetable

   Synonyms:
   onion plant

Matched Categories

1. • Alliaceous Plant
   • Bulb
   • Vegetable

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. onionnoun

   Synonyms:
   (that does not bottom out) scallion, eschallot, shallot

   Associated words:
   alliaceous, cepaceous, leek, allium, garlic

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

1. List of paraphrases for "onion":

   onions

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. onion

   Synonyms:
   Allium cepa, common onion

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1. Cassy Joy Garcia:

   I think bone broth is getting some new attention now with grocery prices on the rise and people wanting to do more with less, i feel like it’s an easy entry point for some good DIY kitchen basics. If you’ve already roasted a chicken, just go ahead and throw that carcass in your pot or pressure cooker along with that random onion in the pantry and scraggly carrot in the fridge, and lo and behold, you’re going to save yourself some money and have broth that tastes better and is better for you than anything you’d buy.

2. Will Rogers:

   An onion can make people cry, but there has never been a vegetable invented to make them laugh.

3. Paul Mangiamele:

   What’s happening right now with other brands is an insidious disease called brand drift, these places get new CEOs and new owners with their own ideas who don’t appreciate or respect the culture and components that made these brands highfliers at one time. We’re taking dead aim at Outback Steakhouse because I think their brand is drifting. People are tired of the Bloomin’ Onion. They’re looking for something else in a value-priced steakhouse.

4. Khalid El Bakraoui:

   You can start basically peeling back the onion, hopefully what it will do is it will speed up the process by which they can actually look at all of the different elements of this and possibly roll up some more suspects.

5. Police Superintendent McCarthy:

   And if people peel away the onion on what's happening right now in the policing world, you're going to find a police department that's doing an exceptional job.