paprika

Questions about paprika

What is another word for paprika?

It depends which paprika you mean. In the sense “plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers”, the synonyms are sweet pepper, bell pepper, pimento, pimiento, sweet pepper plant, Capsicum annuum grossum. Across all 2 senses there are 6 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of paprika?

WordNet records no antonym for paprika. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Why are the synonyms for paprika split into groups?

Because paprika carries 2 recorded senses and each has its own set of substitutes. A single flat list would put words from unrelated meanings side by side with nothing to tell them apart, which is exactly how a writer picks the wrong one. The grouping comes from WordNet's synsets, not from an editorial judgement of ours.

Where do the synonyms for paprika come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of paprika

• Full entry for paprikaAll 2 senses, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for paprikaWords matching from the last stressed vowel onward, grouped by syllable count.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.