Synonyms for spicy
ˈspaɪ si

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. piquant, savory, savoury, spicy, zesty(adj)

   having an agreeably pungent taste

   Synonyms:
   hot, naughty, salty, gamy, mouth-watering, juicy, yeasty, blue, racy, risque, engaging, savoury, gamey, piquant, savory, zestful, barmy, zesty

   Antonyms:
   unsexy, tasteless

2. hot, spicy(adj)

   producing a burning sensation on the taste nerves

   "hot salsa"; "jalapeno peppers are very hot"

   Synonyms:
   raging, hot, naughty, live, red-hot, gamy, juicy, blue, racy, risque, savoury, gamey, piquant, blistering, savory, zesty

   Antonyms:
   unsexy, tasteless

3. blue, gamy, gamey, juicy, naughty, racy, risque, spicy(adj)

   suggestive of sexual impropriety

   "a blue movie"; "blue jokes"; "he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details"; "a juicy scandal"; "a naughty wink"; "naughty words"; "racy anecdotes"; "a risque story"; "spicy gossip"

   Synonyms:
   down(p), dispirited, red-hot, spirited, racy, hot, toothsome, mettlesome, gamy, zesty, bluish, fat, dismal, dark, down in the mouth, gentle, savoury, robust, disconsolate, gloomy, drear, puritanical, low, naughty, profane, spunky, blue, blueish, gamey, luscious, downhearted, lively, juicy, downcast, blasphemous, high, drab, gritty, patrician, rich, blue-blooded, game, savory, full-bodied, aristocratic, blue(a), sorry, aristocratical, puritanic, grim, depressed, dingy, dreary, piquant, risque, low-spirited, voluptuous

   Antonyms:
   tasteless, unsexy

Wiktionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. spicy(adjective)

   Piquant; provoking a burning sensation due to the presence of chillies or similar spices.

   This curry is too spicy for me. I can't eat it.

   Synonyms:
   hot

English Synonyms and Antonyms(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. spicy

   Racy applies in the first instance to the pleasing flavor characteristic of certain wines, often attributed to the soil from which they come. Pungent denotes something sharply irritating to the organs of taste or smell, as pepper, vinegar, ammonia; piquant denotes a quality similar in kind to pungent but less in degree, stimulating and agreeable; pungent spices may be deftly compounded into a piquant sauce. As applied to literary products, racy refers to that which has a striking, vigorous, pleasing originality; spicy to that which is stimulating to the mental taste, as spice is to the physical; piquant and pungent in their figurative use keep very close to their literal sense.

   Synonyms:
   flavorous, forcible, lively, piquant, pungent, racy, rich, spirited

   Antonyms:
   cold, dull, flat, flavorless, insipid, prosy, stale, stupid, tasteless, vapid

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1. tikhat

   tikhat is a marathi word which is meant spiciness

   Submitted by anonymous on February 23, 2021  

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. spicy(a.)

   Synonyms:
   aromatic, fragrant

2. spicy(a.)

   Synonyms:
   pungent, sharp, piquant, pointed

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. spicy(a)

   Synonyms:
   aromatic, fragrant, piquant, pungent, sharp

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these paraphrases:

1. List of paraphrases for "spicy":

   pungent, mala, spice, chilli, hot

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1. Dutch Ruppersberger:

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2. Chopra Inderjeet Singh:

   Yes, that has been a problem. The Indian workers like spicy food.

3. Robert Eitches:

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4. Natalie Rizzo:

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5. Alex Woo:

   The version [in the United States] tends to be a lot less spicy and sweeter. it's just the American take on ethnic food.

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