What is another word for pungent?
331 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ pˈʌnd͡ʒənt], [ pˈʌndʒənt], [ p_ˈʌ_n_dʒ_ə_n_t]Table of Contents
Similar words for pungent:- acid (adjective)
- acrid (adjective)
- aromatic (adjective)
- burning (adjective)
- caustic (adjective)
- gamy (adjective)
- highly flavored (adjective)
- hot (adjective)
- intense (adjective)
- ironic/ironical (adjective)
- odorous (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- penetrating (adjective)
- peppery (adjective)
- piquant (adjective)
- racy (adjective)
- rank (adjective)
- redolent (adjective)
- salty (adjective)
- satirical/satiric (adjective)
- savory (adjective)
- sensational (adjective)
- sharp, stinging in speech (adjective)
- sour (adjective)
- strong (adjective)
- succinct (adjective)
- tart (adjective)
- tasty (adjective)
- trenchant (adjective)
- alliaceous (noun)
- barbed (noun)
- biting (noun)
- garlicky (noun)
- gingery (noun)
- nipping (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- pungent (noun)
- other synonyms
- briny
Synonyms for Pungent:
adj.
•acid (adjective) •acrid (adjective) •aromatic (adjective)- most sweet-smelling,
- more sweet smelling,
- sweeter,
- sweet smelling,
- most odoriferous,
- sweetest,
- most sweet smelling,
- most sweetsmelling,
- sweetsmelling,
- more sweetsmelling,
- more sweet-smelling,
- more odoriferous.
- most prickling,
- more prickling,
- more tingling,
- most reeking,
- re-eking,
- re eking,
- more reeking,
- painful,
- most tingling.
- nosey,
- sharp,
- acid,
- snappy,
- rich,
- whiffy,
- spicy,
- tangy,
- effluvious,
- stinking,
- bitter,
- seasoned,
- stinging.
- in tensive,
- un-due,
- most intensified,
- extra-ordinary,
- un due,
- pro-found,
- un-duer,
- un duer,
- most all-consuming,
- more all-consuming,
- pro founder,
- in-tenser,
- in tenser,
- in-tensest,
- in-tense,
- more allconsuming,
- all consuming,
- allconsuming,
- most allconsuming,
- more all consuming,
- in tensest,
- pro-founder,
- un duest,
- most all consuming,
- in-tensive,
- un-duest,
- pro found,
- more intensified,
- in tense.
- in-congruous,
- more chaffing,
- un-complimentary,
- in congruous,
- quickwitted,
- most double-edged,
- un complimentary,
- more doubleedged,
- double edged,
- quick witted,
- more backbiting,
- wry,
- most paradoxical,
- most jibing,
- more paradoxical,
- most doubleedged,
- most chaffing,
- most backbiting,
- mocking,
- more jibing,
- most ironical,
- more ironic,
- more double edged,
- more double-edged,
- most double edged,
- more uncomplimentary,
- most uncomplimentary,
- doubleedged.
- satirical,
- odorous,
- prickling,
- zesty,
- sour,
- racy,
- hot,
- slashing,
- tasty,
- well-flavored,
- Penetrant,
- erosive,
- salted,
- caustic,
- trenchant,
- out-standing,
- acrid,
- extra ordinary,
- uncomplimentary,
- savory,
- passing through,
- tart,
- piquant,
- highly flavored,
- peppery,
- musky,
- remindful,
- penetrating,
- double-edged,
- paradoxical,
- highly-seasoned,
- gamy,
- amaroidal,
- sweet-smelling,
- poignant,
- burning,
- clear cut,
- odoriferous,
- all-consuming,
- ingoing,
- strong,
- intense,
- aromatic,
- salter,
- saltish,
- mordacious,
- redolent,
- spoofing.
- in goinger,
- in-filtrating,
- most puncturing,
- in going,
- most penetrant,
- more permeating,
- most permeating,
- ingoinger,
- going through,
- most infiltrating,
- in goingest,
- clearcut,
- most entering,
- most edged,
- more edged,
- more puncturing,
- more infiltrating,
- more forcing,
- In-going,
- more carrying,
- most carrying,
- ingoingest,
- in-goinger,
- in-goingest,
- more penetrant,
- more entering,
- most forcing,
- in filtrating.
- more well-flavored,
- pro-vocative,
- most highlyseasoned,
- most well flavored,
- highlyseasoned,
- more highlyseasoned,
- with kick,
- more highly seasoned,
- most wellflavored,
- pro vocative,
- more well flavored,
- more highly-seasoned,
- most well-flavored,
- most highly seasoned,
- most highly-seasoned,
- more wellflavored,
- well flavored,
- with a kick,
- wellflavored.
- more saliferous,
- most oversalted,
- saliferous,
- most saliferous,
- more salted,
- saltest,
- most salted,
- over-salted,
- oversalted,
- over salted,
- more oversalted,
- more saltish,
- most saltish.
- more ridiculing,
- most parodying,
- more bantering,
- more taunting,
- most bantering,
- more satiric,
- most ridiculing,
- more parodying,
- most lampooning,
- most spoofing,
- most taunting,
- satiric,
- more spoofing,
- more lampooning.
- hair raising,
- x rated,
- most electrifying,
- more electrifying,
- hairraising,
- xrated,
- most sensationalistic,
- more horrifying,
- more sensationalistic,
- sensationalistic,
- most horrifying,
- most tabloid,
- out standing,
- most revealing,
- tabloid,
- sensational,
- more tabloid,
- more revealing.
- cutting,
- keen,
- acrimonious,
- piercing,
- exciting,
- telling,
- pointed,
- stimulating,
- stringent,
- salt,
- acute,
- incisive,
- provocative.
n.
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- accusing,
- ad hominem,
- accusatory.
Other synonyms:
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- astringent,
- ironic.
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Antonyms for Pungent:
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adj.
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highly flavored
blah, sweet, nice, calm, cheerful, blunt, happy, mild, good, tasteless, pleasant, kind, flavorless, dull, bland.
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sharp, stinging in speech
soothing.
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Other antonyms:
saccharine, suave, gracious, good-humored, pedestrian, arid, hospitable, uninteresting, colorless, smooth, polite, weak, sociable, dilute, dulcet, predictable, humdrum, ripe, numbing, wearisome, thin, drab, leaden, unsarcastic, soft, stodgy, good-natured, savorless, honeyed, droll, tedious, barren, tiring, luscious, playful, amusing, aged, gentle, diplomatic, ponderous, affable, stale, waggish, genial, merry, monotonous, mellow, urbane, Nectared, sportive, dry, dreary, cordial, boring, wearying.
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highly flavored
