tang

The word “tang” has 1 syllable: tang

It's pronounced as /tæŋ/


What is synonym and antonym for tang?

In the thesaurus, “tang” has 84 synonyms and 20 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for tang along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for tang

  • acuteness
  • aroma
  • bite
  • bitterness
  • bong
  • breath
  • chime
  • chink
  • clang
  • clank
  • clash
  • clink
  • ding
  • ding-dong
  • echo
  • evidence
  • excitement
  • fieriness
  • flavor
  • flicker
  • glimmer
  • gong
  • guts
  • hint
  • hotness
  • indication
  • inkling
  • intimation
  • invigoration
  • jangle
  • jingle
  • keenness
  • kick
  • knell
  • mark
  • mordancy
  • nip
  • peal
  • ping
  • piquancy
  • plink
  • plonk
  • plunk
  • provocativeness
  • pungency
  • raciness
  • redolence
  • reek
  • relish
  • resonate
  • resound
  • reverberate
  • ring
  • sapidity
  • sapor
  • savor
  • savoriness
  • savour
  • scent
  • sharpness
  • sign
  • smack
  • smell
  • spice
  • spiciness
  • stimulant
  • stimulation
  • stimulus
  • suggestion
  • tanginess
  • tastiness
  • thrill
  • tingle
  • tinkle
  • toll
  • touch
  • trace
  • trenchancy
  • twang
  • whiff
  • wind
  • zest
  • zing
  • zip

Antonyms for tang

  • apathy
  • blandness
  • dullness
  • dulness
  • flatness
  • insipidity
  • laziness
  • lethargy
  • monotonousness
  • monotony
  • permeation
  • pervasion
  • platitude
  • predictability
  • sameness
  • saturation
  • tastelessness
  • tediousness
  • thinness
  • weakness

Meanings of tang

  • noun
    1. A refreshingly sharp aroma or flavor.
    2. A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself.
    3. A sharp, specific flavor or tinge.
    4. A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part.
    5. The part of a knife, fork, file, or other small instrument, which is inserted into the handle.
    6. The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock.
    7. The part of a sword blade to which the handle is fastened.
    8. A group of saltwater fish from the Acanthuridae family, especially the Zebrasoma genus.
    9. (games) A shuffleboard paddle.
    10. Tongue.
    11. (by extension) Anything resembling a tongue in form or position such as the tongue of a buckle.
    12. A sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang.
    13. Knotted wrack, Ascophyllum nodosum (coarse blackish seaweed).
    14. The vagina.
    15. Intercourse with a woman.
  • verb
    1. To strike two metal objects together loudly in order to persuade a swarm of honeybees to land so it may be captured by the beekeeper.
    2. To make a ringing sound; to ring.

Example Sentences

  • The tang of citrus filled the air as I peeled the orange.
  • She added a little bit of vinegar to the salad to give it a sharp tang.
  • The cold breeze carried the salty tang of the sea.
  • I could taste the tang of freshly brewed coffee in the morning.
  • His shirt still smelled faintly of the tang of sweat after a long workout.

On this page you'll find 104 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to tang, such as: acuteness, apathy, aroma, bite, bitterness, blandness, bong.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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  • accuracy
  • acerbity
  • acidity
  • acidness
  • acridity
  • acridness
  • acrimoniousness
  • acrimony
  • acuity
  • acumen
  • acuteness
  • alacrity
  • ambition
  • amenability
  • appetence
  • appetency
  • appetite
  • ardor
  • artfulness
  • artifice
  • asperity
  • astuteness
  • avidity
  • avidness
  • bite
  • bitterness
  • cageyness
  • caginess
  • canniness
  • cattiness
  • clear-sightedness
  • craft
  • craftiness
  • cunning
  • delicacy
  • desirousness
  • deviousness
  • discernment
  • eagerness
  • edge
  • enthusiasm
  • exactitude
  • exactness
  • excitement
  • fervency
  • fineness
  • foxiness
  • ginger
  • gray matter
  • guile
  • gusto
  • hardheadedness
  • harshness
  • hunger
  • hyperacuity
  • hypersensitiveness
  • hypersensitivity
  • impatience
  • insight
  • intellect
  • intelligence
  • judgment
  • knowingness
  • lust
  • maliciousness
  • oversensitiveness
  • oversensitivity
  • passion
  • perception
  • perceptiveness
  • perceptivity
  • percipience
  • poignance
  • poignancy
  • pointedness
  • punch
  • pungency
  • quickness
  • raucousness
  • readiness
  • reason
  • roughness
  • sagaciousness
  • sagacity
  • sageness
  • sapience
  • sense
  • sensitiveness
  • sensitivity
  • severeness
  • severity
  • sharpness
  • shrewdness
  • shrillness
  • slickness
  • slyness
  • sneakiness
  • spice
  • subtleness
  • subtlety
  • supersensitivity
  • tang
  • tartness
  • thirst
  • thorniness
  • virulence
  • vitriol
  • warmth
  • wiliness
  • willingness
  • wisdom
  • wit
  • zeal
  • zest

raciness

zest

zing

  • acuteness
  • animal spirits
  • animation
  • ardor
  • beans
  • bitterness
  • bounce
  • brawniness
  • brio
  • briskness
  • dance
  • dart
  • dash
  • drive
  • dynamism
  • energy
  • enthusiasm
  • esprit
  • excitement
  • fervor
  • fieriness
  • fire
  • fitness
  • flavor
  • flick
  • flicker
  • flirt
  • flit
  • flitter
  • flutter
  • fly
  • gas
  • get-up-and-go
  • ginger
  • go
  • gusto
  • hardihood
  • hardiness
  • health
  • healthiness
  • hotness
  • huskiness
  • invigoration
  • jauntiness
  • juice
  • keenness
  • life
  • liveliness
  • main
  • meander
  • metal
  • mettle
  • might
  • mordancy
  • moxie
  • muscle
  • nip
  • oomph
  • passion
  • pep
  • piquancy
  • pizazz
  • potency
  • power
  • provocativeness
  • puissance
  • punch
  • pungency
  • raciness
  • ramble
  • redolence
  • roam
  • sail
  • sap
  • savor
  • savoriness
  • savour
  • scamper
  • scud
  • scurry
  • scuttle
  • sharpness
  • shoot
  • skip
  • skitter
  • snap
  • snappiness
  • soundness
  • sparkle
  • speed
  • spice
  • spiciness
  • spirit
  • spiritedness
  • sprightliness
  • sprint
  • spunk
  • spunkiness
  • stamina
  • starch
  • stimulant
  • stimulation
  • stimulus
  • strength
  • sturdiness
  • tang
  • tastiness
  • thrill
  • trenchancy
  • verdure
  • verve
  • vibrance
  • vibrancy
  • vigor
  • vim
  • vinegar
  • virility
  • vitality
  • vivaciousness
  • vivacity
  • wander
  • wellness
  • zeal
  • zest
  • zip
  • zoom

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