tart

The word “tart” has 1 syllable: tart

It's pronounced as /tɑːrt/


What is synonym and antonym for tart?

In the thesaurus, “tart” has 125 synonyms and 36 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for tart

  • abrupt
  • acerb
  • acerbic
  • acetose
  • acid
  • acidic
  • acidulous
  • acrid
  • acrimonious
  • astringent
  • backhanded
  • barbed
  • bawd
  • biting
  • bitter
  • blunt
  • brisk
  • brusk
  • brusque
  • bun
  • call girl
  • caustic
  • chippie
  • chippy
  • cocotte
  • concise
  • coquette
  • corrosive
  • courtesan
  • crisp
  • cross
  • curt
  • cutting
  • cynical
  • danish
  • doxie
  • doxy
  • drab
  • dry
  • eclair
  • facetious
  • flippant
  • flirt
  • floozie
  • floozy
  • fruit tart
  • gruff
  • harsh
  • hooker
  • hussy
  • hustler
  • hyperacid
  • incisive
  • insincere
  • ironic
  • ironical
  • jade
  • keen
  • libertine
  • madam
  • madame
  • minx
  • mordant
  • nasty
  • pie
  • piquant
  • pithy
  • poignant
  • popover
  • prostitute
  • puckery
  • pungent
  • resentful
  • roll
  • rough
  • sarcastic
  • sardonic
  • satiric
  • satirical
  • scalding
  • scathing
  • severe
  • sex worker
  • sharp
  • sharp-tongued
  • short
  • siren
  • smart-aleck
  • smart-alecky
  • smart-mouthed
  • snappish
  • snappy
  • snarky
  • snippety
  • snippy
  • sour
  • soured
  • sourish
  • spikey
  • spiky
  • streetwalker
  • stringent
  • succinct
  • tangy
  • tartish
  • tempter
  • temptress
  • terse
  • testy
  • tongue-in-cheek
  • tramp
  • trenchant
  • turnover
  • unsweetened
  • vamp
  • vinegary
  • vitriolic
  • wench
  • whore
  • woman of the street
  • wounding
  • wry
  • zestful
  • zesty
  • zingy

Antonyms for tart

  • affable
  • amusing
  • bland
  • calm
  • cordial
  • dilute
  • diplomatic
  • droll
  • flat
  • flavorless
  • genial
  • gentle
  • good-humored
  • good-natured
  • gracious
  • hospitable
  • insipid
  • kind
  • merry
  • mild
  • nice
  • playful
  • polite
  • savorless
  • smooth
  • sociable
  • sportive
  • suave
  • sweet
  • tasteless
  • thin
  • urbane
  • waggish
  • watery
  • weak
  • zestless

Meanings of tart

  • adjective
    1. Sharp to the taste; acid; sour.
    2. (of wine) high or too high in acidity.
    3. Sharp; keen; severe.
  • noun
    1. A type of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie.
    2. A prostitute.
    3. By extension, any woman with loose sexual morals.
  • verb
    1. To practice prostitution.
    2. To practice promiscuous sex.
    3. To dress garishly, ostentatiously, whorishly, or sluttily.

Example Sentences

  • The lemonade had a tart flavor that made her lips pucker.
  • She baked a delicious apple tart for dessert.
  • His tart response caught everyone by surprise.
  • The berries were too tart to eat without sugar.
  • She enjoyed the balance of sweet and tart in the jam.

On this page you'll find 161 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to tart, such as: abrupt, acerb, acerbic, acetose, acid, acidic, acidulous.

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abnormally

  • above all
  • adversely
  • amazingly
  • antagonistically
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  • astonishingly
  • astronomically
  • asymmetrically
  • before all else
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  • overly
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  • preeminently
  • primarily
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  • signally
  • significantly
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  • specially
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  • startlingly
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  • substantially
  • super
  • supremely
  • surprisingly
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  • too
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  • very
  • vice versa
  • whacking
  • wonderfully

abrupt

  • angled
  • artless
  • bluff
  • blunt
  • bold
  • brief
  • brusk
  • brusque
  • candid
  • canted
  • closemouthed
  • coarse
  • cocked
  • craggy
  • crass
  • crude
  • crusty
  • curt
  • direct
  • discourteous
  • disrespectful
  • downright
  • earnest
  • forthright
  • foursquare
  • frank
  • free-spoken
  • gruff
  • hasty
  • heeled
  • hillocky
  • hilly
  • honest
  • hurried
  • impertinent
  • impetuous
  • impolite
  • improbable
  • inclined
  • inconsiderate
  • insensitive
  • jerky
  • laconic
  • listed
  • low
  • matter-of-fact
  • mountainous
  • open
  • outspoken
  • perpendicular
  • plain
  • plainspoken
  • plumb
  • point-blank
  • precipitate
  • precipitous
  • quick
  • reserved
  • reticent
  • rough
  • rude
  • rushing
  • scarped
  • sheer
  • short
  • short-spoken
  • sincere
  • slanted
  • sloped
  • snappish
  • snappy
  • snippy
  • startling
  • steep
  • straight
  • straight-out
  • straightforward
  • sudden
  • surprising
  • tactless
  • terse
  • tight-lipped
  • tilted
  • tipped
  • unanticipated
  • unceremonious
  • uncivil
  • uncouth
  • undiplomatic
  • unexpected
  • unforeseen
  • ungracious
  • unintended
  • unlikely
  • unlooked-for
  • unplanned
  • vertical
  • vulgar

abruptness

  • amazement
  • astonishment
  • astoundment
  • attack
  • awe
  • bank
  • bend
  • bevel
  • bewilderment
  • bias
  • bluntness
  • bombshell
  • brevity
  • briefness
  • brusqueness
  • cant
  • compactness
  • conciseness
  • concision
  • consternation
  • crispness
  • curiosity
  • curtness
  • curveball
  • declination
  • declivity
  • deflection
  • descent
  • deviation
  • diagonal
  • disappointment
  • disillusion
  • downgrade
  • epiphany
  • eureka
  • eye-opener
  • fortune
  • godsend
  • gradient
  • hill
  • inclination
  • incline
  • incredulity
  • jolt
  • kick
  • lean
  • leaning
  • marvel
  • miracle
  • miscalculation
  • obliqueness
  • obliquity
  • phenomenon
  • pitch
  • pithiness
  • portent
  • precipitance
  • precipitation
  • precipitousness
  • prodigy
  • ramp
  • rarity
  • revelation
  • rise
  • rising ground
  • sententiousness
  • shelf
  • shock
  • shortness
  • skew
  • start
  • steepness
  • stupefaction
  • succinctness
  • suddenness
  • swag
  • sway
  • terseness
  • thunderbolt
  • tip
  • unexpected
  • unforeseen
  • whammy
  • wonder
  • wonderment

acerbic

  • abrupt
  • acerb
  • acid
  • acidic
  • acidulous
  • acrid
  • acrimonious
  • astringent
  • backhanded
  • barbed
  • biting
  • bitter
  • blunt
  • brisk
  • brusk
  • brusque
  • caustic
  • concise
  • corrosive
  • crisp
  • cross
  • curt
  • cutting
  • cynical
  • dry
  • facetious
  • flippant
  • gruff
  • harsh
  • incisive
  • insincere
  • ironic
  • ironical
  • keen
  • mordant
  • pithy
  • poignant
  • pungent
  • resentful
  • rough
  • sarcastic
  • sardonic
  • satiric
  • satirical
  • scalding
  • scathing
  • severe
  • sharp
  • sharp-tongued
  • smart-aleck
  • smart-alecky
  • smart-mouthed
  • snarky
  • snippety
  • snippy
  • sour
  • sourish
  • spikey
  • spiky
  • stringent
  • succinct
  • tart
  • tartish
  • terse
  • tongue-in-cheek
  • trenchant
  • vitriolic
  • wry

amazing

  • alluring
  • animating
  • astonishing
  • astounding
  • attracting
  • attractive
  • awe-inspiring
  • awesome
  • awful
  • befuddling
  • beguiling
  • bewildering
  • bewitching
  • blindsiding
  • blowing away
  • bowling over
  • breathtaking
  • captivating
  • charming
  • confounding
  • confusing
  • conspicuous
  • dazing
  • discomfiting
  • disconcerting
  • dismaying
  • dumbfounding
  • dumfounding
  • enchanting
  • energizing
  • enlightening
  • enlivening
  • entertaining
  • enthralling
  • excellent
  • exciting
  • extraordinary
  • eye-opening
  • fabulous
  • fantastic
  • fascinating
  • flabbergasting
  • flooring
  • flustering
  • galvanizing
  • good
  • great
  • heart-stopping
  • impressive
  • incomprehensible
  • inconceivable
  • incredible
  • interesting
  • invigorating
  • jarring
  • jaw-dropping
  • jolting
  • knocking for a loop
  • marvellous
  • marvelous
  • mind-bending
  • mind-blowing
  • mind-boggling
  • miraculous
  • muddling
  • nonplusing
  • nonplussing
  • notable
  • noticeable
  • outstanding
  • perplexing
  • phenomenal
  • portentous
  • prodigious
  • rare
  • remarkable
  • rocking
  • sensational
  • shaking up
  • shocking
  • singular
  • smashing
  • spectacular
  • staggering
  • startling
  • stimulating
  • striking
  • stunning
  • stupefying
  • stupendous
  • sublime
  • superb
  • surprising
  • surprizing
  • swell
  • taking aback
  • taking by surprise
  • terrific
  • thunderstriking
  • tremendous
  • unannounced
  • unanticipated
  • unbelievable
  • uncommon
  • unexpected
  • unforeseen
  • unimaginable
  • unique
  • unlikely
  • unthinkable
  • unusual
  • unwonted
  • upsetting
  • very good
  • wonderful
  • wondrous

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