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salty

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: salty

1
adj
containing or filled with salt
2
adj
engagingly stimulating or provocative
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: salty
1

adj containing or filled with salt

Synonyms
brackish, briny
slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water)
saliferous
containing or yielding salt
saline
containing salt
saltish
somewhat salty
tasty
pleasing to the sense of taste
Antonyms:
fresh, sweet
not containing or composed of salt water

adj one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of sea water

Synonyms
tasty
pleasing to the sense of taste
2

adj engagingly stimulating or provocative

salty language”
Synonyms:
piquant
stimulating
rousing or quickening activity or the senses
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