salty
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
engagingly stimulating or provocative
a piquant wit
Related & opposite
- coarseness derivation
- stimulating similar to
Sense 2 adjective
containing or filled with salt
salt water
Related & opposite
- tasty also see
- fresh antonym
- saltiness derivation
- table salt derivation
- salt derivation
- briny similar to
- saliferous similar to
- saline similar to
- saltish similar to
Sense 3 adjective
one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of sea water
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | coarseness |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | stimulating |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | tasty |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | fresh |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | saltiness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | table salt |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | salt |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | briny |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | saliferous |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | saline |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | saltish |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | salinity |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | tasty |