Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun pepper

4 senses of pepper

Sense 1
pepper, common pepper, black pepper, white pepper, Madagascar pepper, Piper nigrum -- (climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam)
       => true pepper, pepper vine -- (any of various shrubby vines of the genus Piper)

Sense 2
capsicum, pepper, capsicum pepper plant -- (any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers)
       => shrub, bush -- (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Sense 3
pepper, peppercorn -- (pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground)
       => flavorer, flavourer, flavoring, flavouring, seasoner, seasoning -- (something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts)

Sense 4
pepper -- (sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum)
       => solanaceous vegetable -- (any of several fruits of plants of the family Solanaceae; especially of the genera Solanum, Capsicum, and Lycopersicon)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb pepper

2 senses of pepper

Sense 1
pepper -- (add pepper to; "pepper the soup")
       => zest, spice, spice up -- (add herbs or spices to)

Sense 2
pepper, pelt -- (attack and bombard with or as if with missiles; "pelt the speaker with questions")
       => attack, assail -- (launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with; "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"; "Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week")