Synonyms for spicy
ˈspaɪ sispicy

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1. spicyadjective

   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

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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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. piquant, savory, savoury, spicy, zestyadjective

   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, spicyadjective

   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, spicyadjective

   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

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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 SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. spicyadjective

   Synonyms:
   aromatic, fragrant

2. spicyadjective

   Synonyms:
   pungent, sharp, piquant, pointed

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1. spicyadjective

   Synonyms:
   aromatic, fragrant, piquant, pungent, sharp

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1. List of paraphrases for "spicy":

   pungent, mala, spice, chilli, hot

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How to use spicy in a sentence?

1. Leslie Neslage:

   We know guests are looking to add more variety to their meals, especially after a year where new food experiences were limited, the Grilled Spicy Deluxe offers the spicy flavors our guests have come to know and love, now available in a grilled option.

2. Chopra Inderjeet Singh:

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

3. Bonnie Taub-Dixs:

   I love using canned beans for my spicy dark chocolate chili bowls and my kids love my pumpkin bread with dark chocolate chips and almonds that uses canned pumpkin.

4. Dutch Ruppersberger:

   People ask me all the time, 'What keeps you up at night?' And I say, 'Spicy Mexican food, weapons of mass destruction, and cyber attacks

5. Stacy Anderson:

   Grilled corn is a staple in 4th of July barbecues, but if you really want to take it up a notch, you've got to make this spicy butter to serve with it.