sweet pepper

Questions about sweet pepper

What does sweet pepper mean?

sweet pepper means "plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for sweet pepper?

Close synonyms include bell pepper, pimento, pimiento, paprika, sweet pepper plant. 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 sweet pepper a common word?

sweet pepper 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.