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Synonyms for toast

  • verb
  • noun

Most common

salute wassail crisp crispen drink to

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Drink

salute, wassail, drink dated

2. Crisp

crisp, crispen

Other

drink to, cheers

Noun

1. Dead meat — something that will be no more; something subject to impending destruction, harm or injury

dead meat, dead duck

Other

pledge, heat, goner, born

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To cook lightly by browning by means of direct exposure to a fire or other heat source.

    We used to enjoy toasting marshmallows around the campfire.

  2. v. 2

    To cook lightly by browning under a grill or in a toaster; to grill.

    Top with cheese and toast under the grill for a few minutes.

  3. n. 1

    Something that will be no more; something subject to impending destruction, harm or injury.

    If I ever get my hands on the guy that stole my wallet, he’s toast!

Related words

Word family
toaster toastmaster
Phrases
brick toast garlic toast honey toast milk toast prawn toast shrimp toast toast notification

Forms

Plural
toasts → pledges, heats, goners, borns…
Past participle
toasted
e.g. toasted → saluted, wassailed, drinken, crisped…

Example sentences

  • salute Land of liberty, land of the future, I salute you!
  • crisp Benedito's salad is always so crisp and refreshing.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
toastrising
saluterising
wassailrising
crisprising

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

By length

4 letters
born1, heat1
5 letters
drink1, crisp1, goner2
6 letters
cheers1, pledge1, salute2
7 letters
wassail, crispen2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (goner2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
porter un toast