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Synonyms of chestnut

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Another word for chestnut is Spanish chestnut. Other synonyms of chestnut are sweet chestnut, night eye, platitude and castaneous.

Synonyms and similar words for chestnut

nounAn edible nut (technically a fruit) of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea...

nounAn oval or round horny plate located on the inner side of the leg of a horse or other equines...

  • night eyeSynonym of chestnut (“irregular growth on a horse's leg”).

nounChiefly in old chestnut: a joke, meme, phrase, ploy, etc. which has been repeated so often as to...

adjectiveOf a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut fruit (noun sense 1).

  • castaneousHaving the colour of a chestnut; chestnut-coloured.

Meaning of chestnut

  1. noun An edible nut (technically a fruit) of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); also (chiefly preceded by a descriptive word), a nut from a related shrub or tree; or a similar nut from an unrelated plant.
  2. noun In full chestnut tree: the shrub or tree that bears this nut, the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa); also (chiefly preceded by a descriptive word), a shrub or tree of the genus Castanea.
  3. noun Wood of a chestnut tree.

Full definition of chestnut

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Questions about synonyms of chestnut

What is another word for chestnut?
Chestnut has 5 synonyms on Word.ws, such as Spanish chestnut, sweet chestnut, night eye, platitude and castaneous.
What does chestnut mean?
Chestnut means an edible nut (technically a fruit) of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); also (chiefly preceded by a descriptive word), a nut from a related shrub or tree; or a similar nut from an unrelated plant.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chestnut (page history and authors) and the entries of the words listed. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws grouped the synonyms and antonyms by meaning and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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