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FRUIT: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for FRUIT?

Need another word that means the same as “fruit”? Find 13 synonyms and 30 related words for “fruit” in this overview.

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Fruit as a Noun
Definitions of "Fruit" as a noun
Synonyms of "Fruit" as a noun (11 Words)
Usage Examples of "Fruit" as a noun
Fruit as a Verb
Definitions of "Fruit" as a verb
Synonyms of "Fruit" as a verb (2 Words)
Usage Examples of "Fruit" as a verb
Associations of "Fruit" (30 Words)

The synonyms of “Fruit” are: yield, reward, benefit, advantages, children, sons and daughters, progeny, family, youngsters, babies, brood, produce fruit, bear fruit

Fruit as a Noun

Definitions of "Fruit" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “fruit” as a noun can have the following definitions:

The consequence of some effort or action.
Offspring.
Natural produce that can be used for food.
An amount of a product.
The sweet and fleshy product of a tree or other plant that contains seed and can be eaten as food.
A gay man.
The seed-bearing structure of a plant, e.g. an acorn.
The result or reward of work or activity.
The ripened reproductive body of a seed plant.

Synonyms of "Fruit" as a noun (11 Words)

advantages	First point scored after deuce. The experience gave him the advantage over me.
babies	An unborn child; a human fetus. It was great to feel my baby moving about inside.
benefit	A performance to raise money for a charitable cause. A benefit* gig.*
brood	The young of an animal cared for at one time. She was brought up as part of a brood* of eight.*
children	A member of a clan or tribe.
family	The children of a person or couple being discussed. The family* lived in a large house with a lot of land.*
progeny	A descendant or the descendants of a person, animal, or plant; offspring. Shorthorn cattle are highly effective in bestowing their characteristics on their progeny.
reward	Benefit resulting from some event or action. The emotional rewards of being a carer.
sons and daughters	The divine word of God; the second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus.
yield	Production of a certain amount. An annual dividend yield* of 20 per cent.*
youngsters	A young person of either sex. `tiddler' is a British term for youngster.

Usage Examples of "Fruit" as a noun

He lived long enough to see the fruit of his policies.
Tropical fruits such as mangoes and papaya.
I've brought along the fruit of my loins.
The pupils began to appreciate the fruits of their labours.
She couldn't bear not to see the fruit of her womb.
We give thanks for the fruits of the earth.
Eat plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables.

Fruit as a Verb

Definitions of "Fruit" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “fruit” as a verb can have the following definitions:

Cause to bear fruit.
(of a tree or other plant) produce fruit.
Bear fruit.

Synonyms of "Fruit" as a verb (2 Words)

bear fruit	Put up with something or somebody unpleasant.
produce fruit	Bring onto the market or release.

Usage Examples of "Fruit" as a verb

The trees fruited early this year.
The trees fruit very early.

Associations of "Fruit" (30 Words)

apple	The tree bearing apples with hard pale timber that is used in carpentry and to smoke food.
avocado	A light green colour like that of the flesh of avocados. A salad of avocados and oranges.
banana	The tropical and subtropical palmlike plant that bears bananas having very large leaves but lacking a woody trunk. A bunch of bananas.
blueberry	Sweet edible dark blue berries of either low growing or high growing blueberry plants.
cabbage	The leaves of cabbage eaten as a vegetable. Boiled cabbage.
cantaloupe	A small round melon of a variety with orange flesh and ribbed skin.
cherry	The wood of the cherry tree. Her mouth was a bright cherry* red.*
citrus	A tree of a genus that includes citron lemon lime orange and grapefruit Native to Asia citrus trees are cultivated in warm countries for their fruit. Citrus extracts.
coconut	The flesh of a coconut often used as food. Gardens produced vegetables coconut* and pineapples.*
cornfield	A field planted with corn.
cucumber	The climbing plant of the gourd family that yields cucumbers native to the Chinese Himalayan region It is widely cultivated but very rare in the wild.
grape	A berry typically green purple or black growing in clusters on a grapevine eaten as fruit and used in making wine. An exploration of the grape.
grove	A small wood or other group of trees. An olive grove.
japonica	Greenhouse shrub with glossy green leaves and showy fragrant rose-like flowers; cultivated in many varieties.
mango	The evergreen tropical Indian tree that bears the mango.
melon	The Old World plant which yields the melon. A slice of melon.
nectarine	The tree bearing the nectarine.
orchard	A piece of enclosed land planted with fruit trees. An apple orchard.
peach	A pinkish yellow colour like that of a peach. What a peach* of a shot.*
pear	The Eurasian tree which bears the pear.
pineapple	The widely cultivated tropical American plant that bears the pineapple It is low growing with a spiral of spiny sword shaped leaves on a thick stem. Roughly chop the pineapples and apricots.
plum	The deciduous tree which bears plums. A political plum.
prune	An unpleasant or disagreeable person. He was a good leader but a right miserable old prune.
seedpod	A several-seeded dehiscent fruit as e.g. of a leguminous plant.
strawberry	The low growing plant which produces the strawberry having white flowers lobed leaves and runners and found throughout north temperate regions. She thought she would wear the strawberry* crushed velvet.*
tilth	Prepared surface soil. He could determine whether the soil was of the right tilth.
vanilla	A distinctive fragrant flavor characteristic of vanilla beans. Choosing plain vanilla* technology wherever you can will save you money.*
vine	Used in names of climbing or trailing plants of other families e g Russian vine. The hip got their vines at Wolmuth s on Market Street.
vinery	A greenhouse for grapevines.
watermelon	The African plant which yields watermelons.