Synonyms for peanut
ˈpiˌnʌt, -nətpeanut

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. peanutnoun

   Synonyms:
   goober, groundnut, goober pea

2. peanutnoun

   A legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant Arachis hypogaea.

   Synonyms:
   goober, groundnut, goober pea

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. peanutnoun

   underground pod of the peanut vine

   Synonyms:
   goober, groundnut, peanut vine, monkey nut, earthnut, goober pea

   Antonyms:
   major

2. peanut, peanut vine, Arachis hypogaeanoun

   widely cultivated American plant cultivated in tropical and warm regions; showy yellow flowers on stalks that bend over to the soil so that seed pods ripen underground

   Synonyms:
   goober, groundnut, peanut vine, monkey nut, earthnut, goober pea

   Antonyms:
   major

3. peanutnoun

   a young child who is small for his age

   Synonyms:
   goober, groundnut, peanut vine, monkey nut, earthnut, goober pea

   Antonyms:
   major

4. peanut, earthnut, goober, goober pea, groundnut, monkey nutadjective

   pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms

   Synonyms:
   goober, monkey nut, potato bean, groundnut vine, earthnut, groundnut, wild bean, goober pea, earth-ball, truffle, peanut vine

   Antonyms:
   major

5. insignificant, peanutadjective

   of little importance or influence or power; of minor status

   "a minor, insignificant bureaucrat"; "peanut politicians"

   Synonyms:
   undistinguished, unimportant, insignificant

   Antonyms:
   major

Matched Categories

1. • Child
   • Legume
   • Pod

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. peanutnoun

   Synonyms:
   groundnut, earthnut, goober

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "peanut":

   groundnut, peanuts, butter

Suggested Resources

1. peanut

   Song lyrics by peanut -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by peanut on the Lyrics.com website.

How to pronounce peanut?

How to say peanut in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency

How to use peanut in a sentence?

1. Keith Anderson:

   I don't know many patients who can accurately calculate their calorie intake, they may look up on the internet that a PBJ is X calories, but exactly how much peanut butter are they putting on their sandwich ? Are they eating the crust ? It all comes down to estimates.

2. Charles M. Schulz:

   Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love.

3. Betty Naomi Friedan:

   Each suburban wife struggled with it alone. As she made the beds, shopped for groceries, matched slipcover material, ate peanut butter sandwiches with her children, chauffered Cub Scouts and Brownies, lay beside her husband at night-she was afraid to ask even of herself the silent question-Is this all

4. Brian Vickery:

   It does not make the allergy to go away, the purpose is not to get them to be no longer peanut allergic and allow them to eat whatever they want.

5. Sonja Vermeulen:

   Peanut farmers in Gambia, for example, have already been hit this year.