Synonyms for macaroni
Most common
smart spliff poseur cock's comb spaghetti gnocchi jack-a-napes
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Jack-a-dandy — A dandy or fop, particularly in the 18th century a young Englishman who had travelled in Europe and…
dandy, masher, spark, smart, poseur, cock's comb, spliff, gallant, coxcomb, popinjay, fribble, jack-a-dandy dated, exquisite rare, fop dated, beau dated, dude dated, blood dated, petit maître dated, blade dated, swell dated, dike slang dated US, buck dated UK
2. Mac — A type of pasta in the form of short tubes, typically boiled and served in soup, with a sauce, or in melted…
maccheroni, mac vulgar slang UK US AU
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
A type of pasta in the form of short tubes, typically boiled and served in soup, with a sauce, or in melted cheese; a dish of this.
Take half a pound of small pipe-macaroni.
- n. 2
Pasta, particularly thicker noodles, spaghetti.
- n. 3
A dandy or fop, particularly in the 18th century a young Englishman who had travelled in Europe and subsequently dressed and spoke in an ostentatiously affected Continental manner.
Lady Falkener's daughter is to be married to a young rich Mr. Crewe, a Macarone...
Related words
- Word family
- macaronian macaronic
- Phrases
- macaroni wheat holy macaroni macaroni and cheese macaroni penguin
- Is a kind of
- macaroni noodle pasta paste
- Other spellings
- maccaroni
Forms
- Plural
- macaronis → dandies, mashers, sparks, smarts…
Example sentences
- smart My boyfriend is smart, handsome, and friendly too.
- poseur The books of this literary poseur were widely read but they are now forgotten.
- spaghetti I don't like pizza any more than I like spaghetti.
- gnocchi The gnocchi at Benedito's restaurant is homemade.
By length
- 3 letters
- mac1, fop1
- 4 letters
- dude1, buck1, beau1, dike1
- 5 letters
- blood1, smart1, blade1, spark1, pasta2, paste1, swell1, dandy2
- 6 letters
- noodle2, spliff, masher, poseur2
- 7 letters
- gallant2, gnocchi2, coxcomb, fribble
- 8 letters
- popinjay
- 9 letters
- exquisite3, spaghetti3
- 10 letters
- maccheroni
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (pasta2 = 2 syllables).