Synonyms for tart
- adjective
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Sour
sour, tangy, lemony, bitter, vinegary, acid, pungent, caustic, biting, rough, harsh, acrimonious, keen, testy, severe, crabbed, snappish, acidulous, sourish, lemonlike, crusty, acerbic
Noun
1. Prostitute
prostitute, harlot, minx, working girl, lady of pleasure, wanton, courtesan, broad, drab, trull, slattern, cocotte, bawd, hussy, slut, floozy, fille de joie, hooker, chippy, doxy, strumpet, trollop
Other
tort UK, street walker
Definitions
- adj. 1
Sharp to the taste; acid; sour.
- n. 1
A type of small open pie, or piece of pastry, now typically containing jelly (US) / jam (UK) or conserve, or sometimes other fillings (chocolate, custard, egg, butter, historically even meat or other savory fillings).
Related words
- Word family
- tartly tartness tartish tarty
- Phrases
- tart up cart tart rate tart tart card tart cherry chess tart kuih tart pineapple tart
Forms
- Plural
- tarts → prostitutes, harlots, minxes, wantons…
Choose the right word
We say a sour face, sharp words, bitter complaints, caustic wit, cutting irony, biting sarcasm, a stinging taunt, harsh judgment, a tart reply.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- bitter The wronged parties couldn't help but feel bitter.
- sour Those grapes look sweet, but in fact they're sour.
- tangy I prefer tangy cocktails to overly sweet ones.
By length
- 4 letters
- acid2, keen1, sour2, slut1, tort1, drab1, minx, doxy2, bawd1
- 5 letters
- green1, rough1, sharp1, broad1, harsh1, tangy, testy2, hussy2, trull1
- 6 letters
- severe2, bitter2, biting2, hooker2, crusty2, wanton2, harlot2, chippy2, lemony, floozy
- 7 letters
- caustic2, pungent2, acerbic3, trollop, crabbed1, cocotte, sourish
- 8 letters
- vinegary, strumpet, slattern, snappish
- 9 letters
- courtesan, acidulous, lemonlike
- 10 letters
- prostitute3
- 11 letters
- acrimonious5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (acid2 = 2 syllables).