Synonyms for spud

Most common

murphy · potato · tater · tatty

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

Verb

Definitions

1. n. 1

   A potato.

2. v. 1

   To dig up weeds with a spud.

Related words

Phrases

bark spud sofa spud spud gun

Forms

Plural

spuds → potatoes, taters, murphies, tatties…

Past participle

spudded
e.g. spudded → sprouted, shot, germinated, bourgeoned…

Example sentences

• murphy Would you introduce me to your friend, Mr Murphy?
• potato Tom is boiling the potatoes to make potato salad.
• tater I'll make some tater tots for the kids.
• tatty Tom's still got his tatty childhood teddy somewhere in the attic.

Popularity over time

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

By length

5 letters

shoot¹, tater², tatty²

6 letters

potato³, murphy², sprout¹

8 letters

bourgeon

9 letters

germinate³, pullulate

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

In other languages

Français

patate

Italiano

patata