Synonyms for onion
ˈʌn yənonion

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. onionnoun

   the bulb of an onion plant

   Synonyms:
   onion plant

2. onion, onion plant, Allium cepanoun

   bulbous plant having hollow leaves cultivated worldwide for its rounded edible bulb

   Synonyms:
   onion plant

3. onionnoun

   an aromatic flavorful vegetable

   Synonyms:
   onion plant

Matched Categories

1. • Alliaceous Plant
   • Bulb
   • Vegetable

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. onionnoun

   Synonyms:
   (that does not bottom out) scallion, eschallot, shallot

   Associated words:
   alliaceous, cepaceous, leek, allium, garlic

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:1.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "onion":

   onions

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. onion

   Synonyms:
   Allium cepa, common onion

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1. Police Superintendent McCarthy:

   The mayor has made it very clear that he has my back, and if people peel away the onion on what's happening right now in the policing world, you're going to find a police department that's doing an exceptional job.

2. Mickey Kera:

   I love the venison soup stew, salmon milk soup and Jansson's temptation (baked potato with caramelized onion gratin), which are traditional Nordic dishes, i really want to introduce Moomin and Finnish lifestyle to Hong Kong people.

3. Brian Gibbons:

   We do think that we'll see another leg down from here, but when you peel back the onion, we don't think defaults rates will be as bad as some people think, yes, there are about 20-25 names that could be in danger, but we think many of them should be able to muddle through over the next year.

4. Nancy Writebol:

   Liberia's very much like an onion... there's layer after layer after layer of trauma and grief, so we're going back to not only read into that but, as a survivor, to bear that burden with the Liberians who have come through that.

5. Josh Bloom:

   You got something that's killing hundreds of people a day across the United States, and you got prisons who can't get death penalty drugs, so they're turning to the drug that's killing hundreds of people across the United States, this sounds like an article from the Onion.