Thesaurus:sourness

Thesaurus

sourness

English

Noun

Sense: the quality of being sour

Synonyms

• acerbitude (archaic)
• acerbity
• acetosity
• acidity
• acidness
• austereness
• austerity (obsolete)
• sharpness
• sourness
• tartness

Antonyms

• sweetness    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• acescence

Hypernyms

• flavour    [⇒ thesaurus]

Holonyms

• five basic tastes

See also

• Thesaurus:sour

Further reading

• “397. sourness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “sourness” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.