sour - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

the property of being acidic

Synonyms

• acidity
• sour
• sourness

More generic

• taste property

More specific

• acerbity
• tartness
• vinegariness
• vinegarishness

Noun

the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth

Synonyms

• sour
• sourness
• tartness

More generic

• gustatory perception
• gustatory sensation
• taste
• taste perception
• taste sensation

More specific

• acidity
• acidulousness

Noun

a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar

Synonyms

• sour

More generic

• cocktail

More specific

• whiskey sour
• whisky sour

Verb

go sour or spoil

Synonyms

• ferment
• sour
• turn
• work

More generic

• change state
• turn

Related

• ferment
• work

Verb

make sour or more sour

Synonyms

• acetify
• acidify
• acidulate
• sour

More generic

• change taste

Opposite / Antonyms

• sweeten

Adjective

smelling of fermentation or staleness

Synonyms

• rancid
• sour

Related

• ill-smelling
• malodorous
• malodourous
• stinky
• unpleasant-smelling

Adjective

showing a brooding ill humor

Synonyms

• dark
• dour
• glowering
• glum
• moody
• morose
• saturnine
• sour
• sullen

Related

• ill-natured

Adjective

inaccurate in pitch

Synonyms

• false
• off-key
• sour

Related

• inharmonious
• unharmonious

Adjective

having a sharp biting taste

Synonyms

• sour

Related

• acerb
• acerbic
• acetose
• acetous
• acid
• acidic
• acidulent
• acidulous
• astringent
• lemonlike
• lemony
• sourish
• subacid
• tangy
• tart
• vinegarish
• vinegary

Opposite / Antonyms

• sweet

Also See

• dry
• soured
• tasty

Adjective

in an unpalatable state

Synonyms

• off
• sour
• turned

Related

• soured

Adjective

one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons

Synonyms

• sour

Related

• tasty

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