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cake

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of cake

1 a small usually rounded mass of minced food that has been fried

  • the rich, tender cakes of crabmeat had been lightly fried
Synonyms of cake

croquette, cutlet, fritter, galette, patty (also pattie)
Words Related to cake

finger, stick

gâteau (or gateau)

2 something easily done or dealt with

  • today's assignment is cake compared to yesterday's
Synonyms of cake

breeze, cakewalk, childʼs play, cinch, cream puff, duck soup, kid stuff, picnic, pushover, roses, snap
Words Related to cake

no-brainer, nothing

sitting duck

gimme, laugher, walkaway
Phrases Synonymous with cake

piece of cake, walk in the park
Near Antonyms of cake

brainteaser, poser, stumper, toughie (also toughy)

bother, nuisance, trouble
Antonyms of cake

bear, beast, chore, headache, horror show, killer, labor, murder, pain, sticky wicket, stinker [slang]

cake

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of cake

to cover with a hardened layer

  • shoes caked with dried mud
Synonyms of cake

crust, encrust (also incrust), rime
Words Related to cake

besmear, coat, smear, spread

cover, daub

coagulate, congeal, harden

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