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

Need another word that means the same as “sauce”? Find 31 synonyms and 30 related words for “sauce” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Sauce” are: relish, dressing, condiment, ketchup, flavouring, alcohol, liquor, alcoholic drink, impudence, impertinence, cheek, cheekiness, effrontery, irreverence, sauciness, pertness, freshness, flippancy, insolence, rudeness, disrespect, familiarity, presumption, presumptuousness, audacity, audaciousness, boldness, brazenness, forwardness, cockiness, shamelessness

Sauce as a Noun

Definitions of "Sauce" as a noun

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

• Alcoholic drink.
• Stewed fruit, especially apples, eaten as dessert or used as a garnish.
• A liquid or semi-liquid substance served with food to add moistness and flavour.
• Impertinence; cheek.
• Flavorful relish or dressing or topping served as an accompaniment to food.

Synonyms of "Sauce" as a noun (31 Words)

alcohol	Drink containing alcohol. It is an offence to drive if you have more than 80 mg of alcohol per 100 ml of blood.
alcoholic drink	A person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually.
audaciousness	Aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery.
audacity	A willingness to take bold risks. He had the audacity to question my decision.
boldness	The quality of having a strong, vivid, or clear appearance. A president who is showing incredible boldness in going after the cartels.
brazenness	Behavior marked by a bold defiance of the proprieties and lack of shame.
cheek	Impudent aggressiveness. Gabriel had to bite his cheeks to keep from laughing.
cheekiness	The trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties.
cockiness	Offensive boldness and assertiveness.
condiment	A substance such as salt, mustard, or pickle that is used to add flavour to food. Mustard and ketchup are condiments.
disrespect	A manner that is generally disrespectful and contemptuous. Growing disrespect for the rule of law.
dressing	Savory dressings for salads basically of two kinds either the thin French or vinaigrette type or the creamy mayonnaise type. Vinaigrette dressing.
effrontery	Audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to. One juror had the effrontery to challenge the coroner s decision.
familiarity	Personal knowledge or information about someone or something. His familiarity with the works of Thomas Hardy.
flavouring	The taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth. Vanilla flavouring.
flippancy	Lack of respect or seriousness; frivolousness. She was infuriated by his careless flippancy.
forwardness	Prompt willingness. The forwardness of the harvest this year.
freshness	(with reference to food) the state of being recently made or obtained or not having decayed. The freshness of the wind with its cooling air.
impertinence	Inappropriate playfulness. They gasped at the impertinence of the suggestion.
impudence	An impudent statement. His arrogance and impudence had offended many.
insolence	Rude and disrespectful behaviour. She was sacked for insolence.
irreverence	A disrespectful act. An attitude of irreverence towards politicians.
ketchup	Thick spicy sauce made from tomatoes.
liquor	An alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented. Waste liquors.
pertness	Quality of being lively and confident. There was a pertness about her that attracted him.
presumption	An inference of the truth of a fact from other facts proved or admitted or judicially noticed. He lifted her off the ground and she was enraged at his presumption.
presumptuousness	Audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to. He despised them for their presumptuousness.
relish	The taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth. She swigged a mouthful of wine with relish.
rudeness	A wild or unrefined state. What I will not tolerate is rudeness.
sauciness	Inappropriate playfulness.
shamelessness	Behavior marked by a bold defiance of the proprieties and lack of shame.

Usage Examples of "Sauce" as a noun

• She's been on the sauce for years.
• Tomato sauce.
• ‘None of your sauce,’ said Aunt Edie.
• The stock cubes can be added to soups and sauces.

Associations of "Sauce" (30 Words)

bake	A social gathering at which baked food of a specified kind is eaten. A vegetable bake.
boil	With reference to food cook or be cooked by immersing in boiling water or stock. Boil potatoes.
bouillon	A clear seasoned broth.
bread	Coat food with breadcrumbs before cooking. Bread the pork chops before frying them.
broth	Liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a basis for e.g. soups or sauces. She made a broth from the bones.
chili	Ground beef and chili peppers or chili powder often with tomatoes and kidney beans.
cinnamon	Spice from the dried aromatic bark of the Ceylon cinnamon tree used as rolled strips or ground. He wore a short sleeved shirt and pale cinnamon slacks.
curry	East Indian cookery a pungent dish of vegetables or meats flavored with curry powder and usually eaten with rice. I ve been eating a lot of curry.
ferment	A substance capable of bringing about fermentation. A period of political and religious ferment.
fermentation	The fermentation process involved in the making of beers wines and spirits in which sugars are converted to ethyl alcohol. The fermentation of organic matter by microorganisms in the gut.
flour	Grind grain into flour. Flour fish or meat before frying it.
hominy	Hulled corn with the bran and germ removed. Hominy grits.
juice	A drink made from fruit or vegetable juice. I know there are 82 players on the juice.
lasagna	Baked dish of layers of lasagna pasta with sauce and cheese and meat or vegetables.
meringue	An item of sweet food made by baking a mixture of stiffly beaten egg whites and sugar until crisp. Cover the pudding with meringue.
noodle	A very thin, long strip of pasta or a similar flour paste, eaten with a sauce or in a soup. Cook the noodles in a large pan of boiling water.
pan	Chimpanzees more closely related to Australopithecus than to other pongids. Heavy spikes can be useful in breaking a surface pan in grassland.
pasta	A dish that contains pasta as its main ingredient.
pie	A baked dish of fruit, or meat and vegetables, typically with a top and base of pastry. A good meal of hot pie and peas.
pizza	Italian open pie made of thin bread dough spread with a spiced mixture of e.g. tomato sauce and cheese. A slice of pizza.
powder	Make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust. She dropped a powder into his water glass.
pumpkin	The plant of the gourd family that produces pumpkins having tendrils and large lobed leaves and native to warm regions of America. Listen pumpkin I thought you ought to know.
recipe	A set of instructions for preparing a particular dish, including a list of the ingredients required. Sky high interest rates are a recipe for disaster.
saute	A dish of sauteed food. Saute the onions.
simmer	A state or temperature just below boiling point. The stew remained at a simmer for hours.
soup	Any composition having a consistency suggestive of soup. We had to soup up the show for the new venue.
spaghetti	An Italian dish consisting largely of spaghetti typically with a sauce.
spicy	Producing a burning sensation on the taste nerves. Spicy gossip.
starter	A contestant in a team sport who is in the game at the beginning. Consumers upgrading from a regular mobile phone to a starter smartphone.
stew	Food prepared by stewing especially meat or fish with vegetables. She s in a right old stew.