Synonyms for melon
- noun
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
Some of the plants of the family Cucurbitaceae grown for food, generally not including the cucumber. Genus Cucumis, the true melon (including various cultigens like honeydew and cantaloupes), the horned melon, and others.
Related words
- Word family
- melonal melonette melongrower melanic melonious melonist melonlike melonous
- Phrases
- winter melon citron melon bitter melon fuzzy melon kaffir melon melon baller honeydew melon coyote melon
- Is a kind of
- fruit
- Other spellings
- mellon US moellon UK
Forms
- Plural
- melons → pepos…
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| melon | rising | |
| pepo | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- pepo