chocolate 1 of 2

noun

Definition of chocolatenext
as in candy
a sweet food made from cacao beans She gave me a box of chocolates for my birthday.

Related Words

Relevance

chocolate

2 of 2

adjective

as in gray

Related Words

Dissimilar Words

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of chocolate
Noun
Still a dark shade of chocolate brown, Grande’s hair was slicked back with precision and featured a minor side part on the left side of her head. — Arushi Jacob, Footwear News, 12 Nov. 2026 Desserts rotate seasonally, too, like a chocolate number spiked with cardamom, and an airy apple pavlova imbued with yuzu and lime. — Regan Stephens, Travel + Leisure, 12 Nov. 2026
Adjective
Non-chocolate candy is taking the lead this Halloween, with gummies and other colorful sweets outselling chocolate treats, according to new data from market research firm Circana. — Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025 Other cost-cutting measures include offering a smaller hot chocolate size, advertising non-chocolate ice cream toppings and moving to a cheaper location in Raleigh to save on rent. — Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for chocolate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chocolate
  1. candy
  2. sandy
  3. sepia
  4. ashy
  5. ashen
  6. gray
  7. grayish
  8. slate
Noun
  • The former pastry chef uses her fine-dining experience to imagine flavor and texture combinations that up the ante on your average box of candy.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 13 Nov. 2026
  • For some states, that means restricting purchases of foods like soda and candy.
    — Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2026
Definition of candy
Adjective
  • Nigel Eccles, a sandy-haired former McKinsey consultant, grew up on a dairy farm in Northern Ireland and knew nothing about American sports.
    — New Yorker, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Species living on sandy seabeds or those with very different body shapes and arm lengths might use different strategies to negotiate openings, Kuba added.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of sandy
Adjective
  • Polley and cinematographer Luc Montpellier shoot the story in a muted palette, not quite sepia but not quite color either, reflecting the limited world of its characters.
    — Lindsey Bahr, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2023
  • The sepia fog turned to bright colors and deep shadows in the late-afternoon sun.
    — Robert GauthierStaff Photographer, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2022
Definition of sepia
Adjective
  • Then take a chance with a bold, ashy color like hairstylist Cherin Choi’s client.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The most powerful visual effect is the ashy remains of the playground victims, still intact—until a shock wave scatters the ashes to the wind.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of ashy
Adjective
  • Then Keegan asked Shankly for £50 a week and caught a glimpse of Ashman looking, well, ashen.
    — Michael Walker, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026
  • If untreated, the condition causes severe symptoms such as trouble breathing, skin rashes, weak pulse and ashen or bluish skin.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of ashen
Adjective
  • Jose Del Carmen Garcia Martinez is described as 5-foot-8 in height, weighing 170 pounds, with brown eyes and black-and-gray hair.
    — Logan Smith, CBS News, 14 Nov. 2026
  • This new Torsion is a painting of a fleshy pink figure with a tiny, twisted torso standing on tiptoes within a gray box.
    — Grace Edquist, Vogue, 14 Nov. 2026
Definition of gray
Adjective
  • On a wallpaper image of a scarlet macaw, for example, the bird's red feathers bled into the white of its face, while the leafy green background looked grayish and indistinct.
    — Marshall Honorof, PC Magazine, 7 Nov. 2026
  • The grayish-black orbs hang off of trumpet-evoking support pillars encrusted in round diamonds.
    — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of grayish
Adjective
  • Clean-slate intellectual infrastructure Whoever gives $2 billion to an organization can probably call a lot of the shots.
    — Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Deep meadows lush with vibrant prairie bluebells, gushing water, and resplendent valleys snuggled between giant, slate grey walls top off this classic adventure.
    — Madison Chapman, Outside, 25 Mar. 2026
Definition of slate

Browse Nearby Words

chocks
chocolate
chocolate-box
See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Chocolate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chocolate. Accessed 15 Nov. 2026.

Copy Citation

More from Merriam-Webster on chocolate

Britannica.com: Encyclopedia article about chocolate

Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

Listen to the pronunciation of lissome

See Definitions and Examples »

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See More

How to Use 'Who' vs. 'Whom'

31 Useful Rhetorical Devices

More Commonly Misspelled Words

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

'Affect' vs. 'Effect'
See More

Popular in Wordplay

See More

Great Big List of Beautiful and Useless Words, Vol. 5

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

The Longest Long Words List

The Words of the Week - Nov. 13

Even More Bird Names that Sound Like Insults (and Sometimes Are)
See More

Popular

See More

How to Use 'Who' vs. 'Whom'

Great Big List of Beautiful and Useless Words, Vol. 5

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't
See More

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
speech-bubble-untangle
Simplify The Convoluted Expression Quiz A quiz that’s as “uncomplicated as a round de...
See All