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Synonyms for sesame

  • noun

Most common

benny beniseed simsim

All synonyms

Noun

1. Benny — A tropical Asian plant (Sesamum indicum) bearing small flat seeds used as food and as a source of oil

benny, bene, gingelly IN, beniseed

Other

simsim

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A tropical Asian plant (Sesamum indicum) bearing small flat seeds used as food and as a source of oil.

Related words

Word family
sesamoid
Phrases
sesame seed

Forms

Plural
sesames → bennies, benes, gingellies, beniseeds…

Example sentences

  • benny Benny Hill was a huge Francophile and spoke French fluently.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
sesamerising
bennysteady
beniseedfalling
simsimfalling

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

By length

4 letters
bene2
5 letters
benny2
6 letters
simsim
8 letters
gingelly, beniseed

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (bene2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
sésame
Español
sésamo