Synonyms for peanut

Synonyms for (noun) peanut

Synonyms: earthnut, goober, goober pea, groundnut, monkey nut, peanut

Definition: pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms

Similar words: edible nut

Definition: a hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell


Synonyms: peanut

Definition: a young child who is small for his age

Similar words: child, shaver, small fry, tike, tiddler, tyke, fry, minor, nestling, nipper, kid, youngster

Definition: a young person of either sex

Usage: she writes books for children; they're just kids; `tiddler' is a British term for youngster


Synonyms: Arachis hypogaea, peanut, peanut vine

Definition: widely cultivated American plant cultivated in tropical and warm regions; showy yellow flowers on stalks that bend over to the soil so that seed pods ripen underground

Similar words: legume, leguminous plant

Definition: an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae


Synonyms: peanut

Definition: underground pod of the peanut vine

Similar words: pod, seedpod

Definition: a several-seeded dehiscent fruit as e.g. of a leguminous plant


Synonyms for (adj) peanut

Synonyms: peanut, insignificant

Definition: of little importance or influence or power; of minor status

Usage: a minor, insignificant bureaucrat; peanut politicians

Similar words: minor

Definition: of lesser importance or stature or rank

Usage: a minor poet; had a minor part in the play; a minor official; many of these hardy adventurers were minor noblemen; minor back roads


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