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seasoning

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of seasoning

1 something (as a spice or herb) that adds an agreeable or interesting taste to food

the stew was too bland before they added the seasoning

Synonyms of seasoning

flavor, flavoring, spice

Words Related to seasoning

sauce

2 something used to enhance the flavor of cooked or prepared food

she thinks salt is the ideal seasoning for all batter-fried foods

Synonyms of seasoning

condiment

Words Related to seasoning

herb, savory, spice

relish, sauce

flavoring

seasoning

verb , present participle of season

Synonyms and Antonyms of seasoning

1 to make more pleasant to the taste by adding something intensely flavored

the chef seasoned the vegetables as soon as they came out of the oven

Synonyms of seasoning

flavoring, lacing, savoring (also savouring), spicing

Words Related to seasoning

enhancing, enriching, saucing

peppering, salting

aromatizing, perfuming

2 to bring to a proper or desired state of fitness

carefully seasoned the cast iron pan with vegetable oil before using it for the first time

Synonyms of seasoning

conditioning, training

Words Related to seasoning

fitting, habilitating, preparing, readying

acclimating, acclimatizing, accommodating, adapting, adjusting, breaking in, orientating, orienting, shaping

accustoming, familiarizing, habituating, naturalizing

fortifying, hardening, inuring, shaping up, steeling, strengthening, toughening

Antonyms of seasoning

deconditioning

3 to make able to withstand physical hardship, strain, or exposure

troops that had been seasoned by months of intense training

Synonyms of seasoning

fortifying, hardening, indurating, inuring, steeling, strengthening, toughening

Words Related to seasoning

acclimating, acclimatizing, adapting, adjusting

annealing, tempering

invigorating, vitalizing

immunizing

bolstering, boosting, bracing, buttressing, enforcing, forearming, propping (up), reinforcing (also reenforcing), supporting

breaking in, limbering (up), training

accustoming, conditioning, habituating, naturalizing

Near Antonyms of seasoning

emasculating, enervating, enfeebling, exhausting, sapping, weakening

crippling, debilitating, hamstringing, incapacitating

sensitizing

Antonyms of seasoning

softening

4 to make competent (as by training, skill, or ability) for a particular office or function

her campaign manager has been seasoned by several hotly contested gubernatorial campaigns

Synonyms of seasoning

equipping, fitting, preparing, qualifying, readying, training

Words Related to seasoning

accustoming, adapting, adjusting, conditioning, grooming, habituating, shaping, tailoring

authorizing, entitling

empowering, enabling

educating, indoctrinating, instructing, schooling, teaching, tutoring

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