spice up

Questions about spice up

What does spice up mean?

spice up means "add herbs or spices to". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for spice up?

Close synonyms include zest, spice, spice. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is spice up a common word?

spice up is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.