Synonyms of salts

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noun

plural of salt

as in sailors

one who operates or navigates a seagoing vessel

an old salt who taught me everything I know about sailing and the sea

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sailors
• mariners
• navigators
• tars
• seamen
• swabs
• gobs
• sea dogs
• seafarers
• jack-tars
• shipmen
• hearties
• swabbies
• crewmen
• jacks
• shipmates
• deckhands
• coxswains
• lubbers
• able seamen
• lime-juicers
• able-bodied seamen
• limeys
• sailboaters
• powerboaters

salts

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verb

present tense third-person singular of salt

as in mixes

to scatter or set here and there among other things

the old sailor salted his tale of the voyage with crude anecdotes and rough language

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mixes
• weaves
• inserts
• combines
• intersperses
• incorporates
• threads
• blends
• laces
• wreathes
• interlaces
• interweaves
• alternates
• mingles
• intermingles
• integrates
• merges
• juxtaposes
• commingles
• fuses
• assimilates
• embodies
• amalgamates

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of salts

Noun

Fertilizers leave behind salts in the soil that can pull moisture out of root tissue and cause wilting, yellowing, and eventual browning of leaves. — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Sep. 2026

Fine salts, like fine sea salt and iodized, are usually even denser than Morton Kosher, so for a recipe that calls for 1 tsp. — Chris Morocco, Bon Appetit Magazine, 26 Sep. 2026

The plumes shooting upward from the ocean also contain trace amounts of salts and organic compounds. — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 25 Sep. 2026

These salts can withstand very high temperatures before boiling. — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2026

Harvard Health also notes that alternative salts such as sea salt are not necessarily healthier than table salt because both are largely sodium chloride. — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026

Gardenias are prone to yellowing leaves from soil alkalinity and tap water salts. — Clarence Schmidt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2026

Reactors can also require millions of gallons of water to stay cool, though advanced reactors can use other cooling materials such as liquid metals, liquid salts, or helium gas. — Donald Keough, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Sep. 2026

The standard explanation for why rain causes corrosion is that water carries dissolved salts and acids to a surface, constant drumming of raindrops abrades whatever protective coating is on it, and oxygen does the rest. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2026

Verb

Brown butchers then salts the chickens overnight, and marinates them in a mixture of ancho and puya chiles, garlic and chipotle. — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026

The other thing that salts all of this is this is an unprecedented time in terms of organizational risk appetites. — Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026