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Need another word that means the same as “potato”? Find 7 synonyms and 30 related words for “potato” in this overview.

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Potato as a Noun
Definitions of "Potato" as a noun
Synonyms of "Potato" as a noun (7 Words)
Usage Examples of "Potato" as a noun
Associations of "Potato" (30 Words)

The synonyms of “Potato” are: solanum tuberosum, white potato, white potato vine, irish potato, murphy, spud, tater

Potato as a Noun

Definitions of "Potato" as a noun

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

Annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonous.
The plant of the nightshade family which produces potatoes on underground runners.
A large hole in a sock or stocking, especially one in the heel.
An edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland.
A starchy plant tuber which is one of the most important food crops, cooked and eaten as a vegetable.

Synonyms of "Potato" as a noun (7 Words)

irish potato	An edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland.
murphy	A potato.
solanum tuberosum	Annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonous.
spud	An edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland. A spud* washer.*
tater	An edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland. A dish of boiled taters.
white potato	A member of the Caucasoid race.
white potato vine	A member of the Caucasoid race.

Usage Examples of "Potato" as a noun

Roast potatoes.
Mashed potato.

Associations of "Potato" (30 Words)

agriculture	The science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products.
apple	The tree bearing apples with hard pale timber that is used in carpentry and to smoke food.
baked	(bread and pastries) cooked by dry heat (as in an oven. Baked apples.
barley	The grain of barley.
bean	A leguminous plant that bears beans in pods. I didn t know beans about being a step parent.
cabbage	Any of various types of cabbage. I was becoming a 27 year old cabbage.
carrot	A cultivated plant of the parsley family with feathery leaves which yields carrots. Used the carrot* of subsidized housing for the workers to get their vote.*
chard	Long succulent whitish stalks with large green leaves.
corn	Feed cattle with corn. Corned beef.
crop	Prepare for crops. The annual crop* of students brings a new crop of ideas.*
eggplant	The purple egg-shaped fruit of a tropical Old World plant, which is eaten as a vegetable; an aubergine.
farmhouse	A house attached to a farm, especially the main house in which the farmer lives. A farmhouse* kitchen.*
farming	Relating to farming or agriculture. Farming communities.
fritter	Divide (something) into small pieces. They become frittered into minute tatters.
harvest	Gather a crop as a harvest. They gathered a harvest* of examples.*
husbandry	Management and conservation of resources. All aspects of animal husbandry.
legume	The fruit or seed of any of various bean or pea plants consisting of a case that splits along both sides when ripe and having the seeds attach to one side of the case. He sows a mixture of grasses and legumes.
maize	Tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times.
munch	Norwegian painter (1863-1944. He tried to talk between munches on the sandwich.
murphy	A potato.
pea	The fruit or seed of a pea plant. Steak and ale pie with peas and new potatoes.
peanut	Pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds groundnut and monkey nut are British terms. Peanut politicians.
radish	The plant of the cabbage family which yields the radish.
rice	Force cooked potatoes or other vegetables through a sieve or ricer. Riced boiled potatoes.
seed	Of a plant reproduce itself by means of its own seeds. Seed capsules.
soybean	The most highly proteinaceous vegetable known the fruit of the soybean plant is used in a variety of foods and as fodder especially as a replacement for animal protein.
starch	Food containing starch. Crisp linen stiff with starch.
tortilla	(in Mexican cooking) a thin, flat pancake made from maize flour, eaten hot or cold, typically with a savoury filling.
turnip	The European plant of the cabbage family which produces the turnip.
wheat	Grains of common wheat sometimes cooked whole or cracked as cereal usually ground into flour.