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

Dropping the voltage just below copper’s reaction threshold transforms the electrode into a metal magnet that selectively traps copper on its surface while letting background salts flow through. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 3 Aug. 2026

The tools to do it – clean water, rehydration salts, vaccines – are proven and inexpensive. — Katrine L. Wallace, The Conversation, 29 July 2026

Citrate from lemon juice binds to calcium oxalate salts that may form due to diet and other factors. — Brittany Lubeck, Verywell Health, 21 July 2026

The ground is loaded with crop-harming salts, or in some areas prone to sinking if pumping resumes. — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026

Oral rehydration solutions, which are sold in most pharmacies, and liquids that contain salts and sugars — like broths, apple juice and electrolyte solutions like Gatorade — are the best bet for keeping your fluids up. — Elise Haulund, CNN Money, 18 July 2026

The retreat also builds in plenty of time for rest and provides rehydration salts as well as ointments for ostomy care. — Katie Camero, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2026

Prior to breaking away, the space rock likely formed near the asteroid’s surface, where liquid water evaporated and subsequently concentrated various salts. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 15 July 2026

Upgrade to a product that contains higher concentrations of aluminum salts (which plug sweat glands). — Julia Landwehr, Health, 9 July 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