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Synonyms of poppy

6 similar words

Another word for poppy is bulging. Other synonyms of poppy are pappy, pop, poppa, pops and pop-pop.

Synonyms and similar words for poppy

adjectiveOf eyes: protruding, sticking out.

  • bulgingThe shape or motion of something that bulges.

nounOne's father or grandfather, or a male authority figure having similar standing.

Meaning of poppy

  1. noun Any plant of the genus Papaver or the family Papaveraceae, with crumpled, often red, petals and a milky juice having narcotic properties; especially a common poppy or corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas) which has orange-red flowers; the flower of such a plant.
  2. noun A bright red colour tinted with orange, like that of the common poppy flower.
  3. noun A simple artificial poppy flower worn in a buttonhole or displayed in other contexts to remember those who died in the two World Wars and other armed conflicts, especially around Remembrance Day/Remembrance Sunday.

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Questions about synonyms of poppy

What is another word for poppy?
Poppy has 6 synonyms on Word.ws, such as bulging, pappy, pop, poppa, pops and pop-pop.
What does poppy mean?
Poppy means any plant of the genus Papaver or the family Papaveraceae, with crumpled, often red, petals and a milky juice having narcotic properties; especially a common poppy or corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas) which has orange-red flowers; the flower of such a plant.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: poppy (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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