Synonyms for pickle
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Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Jam — A difficult situation; peril
jam, hole, fix, dilemma, predicament, kettle of fish, pinch, state, mess, sticky wicket, situation, quandary, difficulty, plight, tight spot, spot, kettle, muddle, scrape, bind, cauldron, quagmire
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Definitions
- n. 1
A difficult situation; peril.
The climber found himself in a pickle when one of the rocks broke off.
- n. 2
A cucumber preserved in a solution, usually a brine or a vinegar syrup.
A pickle goes well with a hamburger.
Related words
- Word family
- pickle-herring pickleweed piccalilli pickled
- Phrases
- pickle plant dill pickle in a pickle pickle park white pickle pickle up
- Is a kind of
- put up
Forms
- Plural
- pickles → jams, holes, fixes, dilemmas…
Example sentences
- jam I owe you a big one for getting me out of the jam.
- kettle Ziri asked Rima if he could borrow her tea kettle.
- quandary Tom was in a quandary about who to vote for in the election.
- condiment Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.
By length
- 3 letters
- fix1, jam1
- 4 letters
- spot1, hole1, mess1, bind1
- 5 letters
- state1, pinch1, brine1
- 6 letters
- plight1, kettle2, scrape1, muddle2, hobble2
- 7 letters
- dilemma3, vinegar3
- 8 letters
- cauldron2, quagmire3, marinade3, quandary3
- 9 letters
- situation4, condiment3
- 10 letters
- difficulty4
- 11 letters
- predicament4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (kettle2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- cornichon
- Deutsch
- Gewürzgurke