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Synonyms for potato

  • noun

Most common

earth apple tator p'tater ground pear toaster

All synonyms

Noun

1. Spud — the edible starchy tuber of the plant species Solanum tuberosum

spud informal, tater informal, earth apple, p'tater, white potato US, murphy, tator, tatie UK, bog orange slang dated, mickey slang dated US

Other

ground pear, toaster

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    The edible starchy tuber of the plant species Solanum tuberosum.

Related words

Word family
potatolike potomato
Phrases
sweet potato white sweet potato potato bread potato cake potato bean white potato couch potato potato chip

Forms

Plural
potatoes → spuds, taters, p'taters, murphies…

Example sentences

  • toaster A pair of bread slices popped up from the toaster.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
potatosteady
tatorfalling
toasterrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
spud1
5 letters
tater2, tator, tatie
6 letters
murphy2, mickey2
7 letters
toaster2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (tater2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
pomme de terre
Español
patata
Deutsch
Kartoffel
Català
patata