SALTY (saltier, saltiest)
Dictionary entry overview: What does salty mean? • SALTY (adjective)
The adjective SALTY has 3 senses:
1. engagingly stimulating or provocative
2. containing or filled with salt
3. one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of sea water
Familiarity information: SALTY used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• SALTY (adjective)
Meaning:
Engagingly stimulating or provocative
Synonyms:
salty; piquant
Context examples:
a piquant wit / salty language
Similar:
stimulating (rousing or quickening activity or the senses)
Meaning:
Containing or filled with salt
Context example:
salt water
Similar:
brackish; briny (slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water))
saliferous (containing or yielding salt)
saline (containing salt)
saltish (somewhat salty)
Also:
tasty (pleasing to the sense of taste)
Antonym:
fresh (not containing or composed of salt water)
Meaning:
One of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of sea water
Synonyms:
salt; salty
Similar:
tasty (pleasing to the sense of taste)
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