What is another word for brackish?
530 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ bɹˈakɪʃ], [ bɹˈakɪʃ], [ b_ɹ_ˈa_k_ɪ_ʃ]
Brackish refers to a slightly salty taste in water or an unpleasant mixture of salt and freshwater. There are several synonyms for brackish that can be used to describe this taste or flavor. These include saline, salty, briny, bitter, sharp, tart, tangy, pungent, acrid, and astringent. Each of these words can be used to describe the taste of brackish water, food, or even a personality that has a somewhat bitter quality. It's important to choose the right synonym depending on the context in which it's used. Some words may have a negative connotation, while others may have a more positive connotation.
Synonyms for Brackish:
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adj.
• all • nauseous • salty • stagnant Other synonyms:
- Chlorinated ,
- aerated ,
- bitter ,
- bittersweet ,
- boiling ,
- chocolate ,
- chocolatey ,
- dilute ,
- flavored ,
- flowing ,
- rolling ,
- seasoned ,
- soft ,
- sour ,
- spicy ,
- standing ,
- sweet-and-sour ,
- sweetish ,
- syrupy ,
- tart ,
- unsalted .
- astringent ,
- fiery ,
- mild ,
- watery .
- hard .
- hot .
Other relevant words:
- abrupt ,
- absolute ,
- acerb ,
- acerbic ,
- acetify ,
- acidify ,
- acidity ,
- acidulate ,
- acidulent ,
- acidulous ,
- acrid ,
- acrimonious ,
- acuate ,
- acute ,
- acutely ,
- adulterate ,
- advanced ,
- aerodynamic ,
- afoul ,
- age ,
- air sick ,
- airsick ,
- aquamarine ,
- ardent ,
- arduous ,
- astringent drug ,
- astute ,
- atrocious ,
- awful ,
- back breaker ,
- back up ,
- backbreaking ,
- badly ,
- badness ,
- balmy ,
- barbed ,
- bathetic ,
- battery-acid ,
- bawd ,
- befoul ,
- besotted ,
- big ,
- biting ,
- bitingly ,
- bitterly ,
- bitterness ,
- bittersweet nightshade ,
- blind drunk ,
- blistering ,
- blotto ,
- blue ,
- body of water ,
- boggy ,
- bracing ,
- brine-cured ,
- brisk ,
- burnt umber ,
- buttery ,
- carsick ,
- caustic ,
- charged ,
- cheating ,
- choke ,
- choke off ,
- churning ,
- clean ,
- climbing bittersweet ,
- climbing nightshade ,
- clog ,
- clog up ,
- cobalt blue ,
- cockeyed ,
- cocoa ,
- cocotte ,
- coffee ,
- common salt ,
- concentrated ,
- congest ,
- consortium ,
- contaminate ,
- corrupt ,
- crappy ,
- crisp ,
- crocked ,
- cruddy ,
- crying ,
- cushy ,
- cut ,
- cyprian ,
- dark ,
- dead ,
- deadly nightshade ,
- debase ,
- decayed ,
- deep brown ,
- defective ,
- defile ,
- delicate ,
- despicable ,
- deuterium oxide ,
- difficult ,
- diffuse ,
- diffused ,
- diluted ,
- dirty ,
- discriminating ,
- disgustful ,
- disruptive ,
- dose ,
- dot ,
- dour ,
- downright ,
- dreadful ,
- drinking chocolate ,
- drippy ,
- easy ,
- easygoing ,
- egregious ,
- emetic ,
- eminent ,
- engaging ,
- execrable ,
- false ,
- false bittersweet ,
- fancy woman ,
- ferment ,
- fervent ,
- fervid ,
- filthy ,
- firmly ,
- flabby ,
- flaccid ,
- flagrant ,
- flaming ,
- fledged ,
- flow ,
- flyblown ,
- forged ,
- foul-smelling ,
- fouled ,
- fresh water ,
- freshly ,
- fuddled ,
- full-bodied ,
- funky ,
- gamey ,
- gamy ,
- gentle ,
- get on ,
- glaring ,
- glowering ,
- glum ,
- good ,
- gooey ,
- grade ,
- greenish blue ,
- gross ,
- grow ,
- grueling ,
- gruelling ,
- h2o ,
- hardly ,
- harlot ,
- heavily ,
- heavy ,
- heights ,
- hideous ,
- high gear ,
- high school ,
- high up ,
- high-pitched ,
- high-risk ,
- highschool ,
- hokey ,
- honeyed ,
- honied ,
- hot chocolate ,
- igneous ,
- ill-scented ,
- impassioned ,
- impertinent ,
- impudent ,
- in high spirits ,
- incisive ,
- indulgent ,
- intemperate ,
- intemperately ,
- invigorated ,
- irrigate ,
- juicy ,
- keen ,
- kitschy ,
- kitty ,
- knifelike ,
- knockout ,
- laborious ,
- lactating ,
- lady of pleasure ,
- lemonlike ,
- lemony ,
- lenient ,
- lewd ,
- live ,
- load ,
- loaded ,
- loathly ,
- loony toons ,
- lousy ,
- luxuriously ,
- maculate ,
- main ,
- marked-up ,
- marshy ,
- maturate ,
- matured ,
- maudlin ,
- meek ,
- mellow ,
- membership ,
- miry ,
- modest ,
- moisture ,
- moody ,
- mordacious ,
- moribund ,
- morose ,
- mouth-watering ,
- muddy ,
- mushy ,
- naughty ,
- nauseated ,
- needlelike ,
- nefarious ,
- new ,
- newly ,
- nipping ,
- novel ,
- objectionable ,
- off ,
- off-key ,
- offence ,
- offense ,
- oily ,
- oleaginous ,
- order ,
- out-and-out ,
- outrank ,
- overbold ,
- painful ,
- pane ,
- peacock blue ,
- peal ,
- pealing ,
- pee ,
- penetrating ,
- penetrative ,
- perfervid ,
- piano ,
- piddle ,
- pie-eyed ,
- piercing ,
- piercingly ,
- piss ,
- pissed ,
- pixilated ,
- place ,
- plastered ,
- plumbing ,
- pocket billiards ,
- poisonous nightshade ,
- pollute ,
- pond ,
- precipitous ,
- prostitute ,
- puddle ,
- punishing ,
- quaggy ,
- queasy ,
- racy ,
- raging ,
- rain ,
- range ,
- rank and file ,
- rate ,
- raunchy ,
- red-hot ,
- reduce ,
- reeking ,
- refreshed ,
- refreshful ,
- refreshing ,
- regretful ,
- reinvigorated ,
- repellant ,
- repelling ,
- resistant ,
- rich ,
- richly ,
- right ,
- right-down ,
- riotous ,
- ripen ,
- risky ,
- risque ,
- roiled ,
- roiling ,
- roily ,
- roll ,
- rolled ,
- rotted ,
- saccharine ,
- salacious ,
- saline solution ,
- salinity ,
- salt merchant ,
- salt-cured ,
- saltiness ,
- sappy ,
- sassy ,
- saturnine ,
- saucy ,
- schmaltzy ,
- schmalzy ,
- sedimentary ,
- semisweet ,
- senesce ,
- senior high ,
- senior high school ,
- sentimental ,
- severe ,
- severely ,
- sharp-worded ,
- sharply ,
- sheer ,
- shitty ,
- shrewd ,
- shrill ,
- shrubby bittersweet ,
- sick ,
- sickish ,
- simmering ,
- skanky ,
- sleek ,
- slimy ,
- slopped ,
- sloppy ,
- sloshed ,
- sloughy ,
- slushy ,
- smarmy ,
- smart ,
- smashed ,
- smelly ,
- smutty ,
- soaked ,
- soapy ,
- social rank ,
- social station ,
- social status ,
- soggy ,
- sonant ,
- soppy ,
- sorry ,
- soupy ,
- sourish ,
- sourness ,
- soused ,
- sozzled ,
- speculative ,
- spoilt ,
- sporting lady ,
- spring water ,
- squashy ,
- squiffy ,
- staff vine ,
- stewing ,
- stiff ,
- stinky ,
- strategic arms limitation talks ,
- streamlined ,
- stretch ,
- strong ,
- styptic ,
- subdued ,
- sulfurous ,
- sullen ,
- sulphurous ,
- superman ,
- suppurate ,
- surd ,
- swampy ,
- sweet ,
- syndicate ,
- table salt ,
- tangy ,
- tartness ,
- terrible ,
- thin ,
- thin out ,
- tight ,
- toilsome ,
- tonic ,
- torrid ,
- tough ,
- toxicant ,
- treacly ,
- trilled ,
- troubled ,
- tumultuous ,
- turn ,
- turned ,
- turquoise ,
- ugly ,
- umber ,
- unappetising ,
- uncollectible ,
- unctuous ,
- unfermented ,
- unfit ,
- unseasoned ,
- unsound ,
- unspeakable ,
- unsporting ,
- unsportsmanlike ,
- unused ,
- unvoiced ,
- unworthy ,
- urine ,
- venomous ,
- veteran ,
- vicious ,
- violative ,
- virulent ,
- viscous ,
- vitriolic ,
- voiced ,
- voiceless ,
- vomit ,
- vomitive ,
- washy ,
- water system ,
- waterlogged ,
- waxwork ,
- weak ,
- weewee ,
- well water ,
- wheeling ,
- whore ,
- wicked ,
- window pane ,
- wise ,
- woman of the street ,
- woody nightshade ,
- work ,
- working girl ,
- worthless ,
- wretched ,
- zen ,
- zesty .
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How to use "Brackish" in context?
Brackish water is water that is partially salt and partially fresh. It is found in places where freshwater meets salt water, such as estuaries and coastal salt marshes.
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