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Synonyms & Antonyms for peanut
Synonyms: Adjective
chicken, de minimis, footling, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insignificant, measly, Mickey Mouse, minute, negligible, niggling, no-account, nominal, paltry, petty, picayune, piddling, piddly, piffling, pimping, slight, trifling, trivial
Antonyms: Adjective
big, consequential, considerable, important, material, significant
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Examples of peanut in a Sentence
Noun
Five billion dollars is peanuts compared to what the government spends each year. He works all day for peanuts.Adjective
this is a peanut matter, and we're fools for wasting time on it
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Parks’ recipe was simple (with a special ingredient of peanut butter). — al, "Serve a meal inspired by Alabama’s 200-year history," 20 Aug. 2019 Use natural peanut butter or another natural spread, rather than a brand that’s high in sugar. — Melissa Rayworth, Houston Chronicle, "Healthful breakfast on a busy school morning? It’s not so hard," 14 Aug. 2019 Treat them to the Court Jester’s Surprise ($22), a choice of tea, cocoa, lemonade or milk with tea sandwiches filled with peanut butter and jelly or vanilla-cream cheese, Pigs in a Blanket, Macaroni and Cheese, a mini scone and dessert. — Jessica Yadegaran, The Mercury News, "3 awesome new Bay Area tea houses," 12 Aug. 2019 Those of you who like to hunt caribou in the Nelchina Basin should try this: take off from Eureka with a poncho, a box of Pilot Bread and a jar of peanut butter and head for the Denali Highway on foot. — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, "Alaska’s early explorers were tough buzzards when it came to traveling and camping," 6 Aug. 2019 Fresh fruit, yogurt or milk, peanut butter and even greens can go in. — Melissa Rayworth, Houston Chronicle, "Healthful breakfast on a busy school morning? It’s not so hard," 14 Aug. 2019 Those pretzels with peanut butter in them from Trader Joe's. — Leigh-ann Jackson, The Hollywood Reporter, "'Veep' Star Tony Hale on the "Huge Gift" of Gary's Sad Farewell," 8 Aug. 2019 The Peanut Butter and Jelly (478-523 calories) combines banana, strawberry, milk choice, frozen yogurt (optional), peanut butter and jelly. — Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, "East Bay gets its second Rush Bowls restaurant," 31 July 2019 Stir in the tomatoes, chile flakes, cumin, paprika, salt, peanut butter and coconut milk. — ExpressNews.com, "Recipe: West African Peanut Shrimp," 31 July 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
Flavor: Earthy, roasted flavor that’s more intense than peanut butter. — Alysha Witwicki, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Sunflower seed butter is an allergen-free answer to nut butters, for baking and more," 30 Aug. 2019 In a small bowl, melt peanut butter for 15 seconds in the microwave, until soft. — Dallas News, "5 easy recipes for blondies that include lots of browned butter, nuts and liqueurs," 27 Aug. 2019 Filling 1 1/2 cups peanut butter (smooth recommended but crunchy is also fine) For the French toast: In a bowl, whisk egg yolks and sugar until sugar dissolves; mix in cream, vanilla and rum. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Decadent French toast recipes from Breakfast Republic’s chef," 13 Aug. 2019 Buzz Aldrin became more famous than peanut butter and jelly. — David Whitley, orlandosentinel.com, "Astronaut Michael Collins was ideal ‘Forgotten Man’ for Apollo 11," 19 July 2019 Made for those who eat peanut butter straight from the jar, this version will contain more peanut butter than the original candy. — Woman's Day, "This New Reese's Cup Is A Peanut Butter Lover's Dream Come True," 25 Mar. 2019 Caramel-Cookie Butter Icebox Pie is a playful variation on an old Texas favorite, peanut butter pie. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Old-fashioned icebox pies are easy and delicious," 4 June 2019 Early estimates of losses to the peanut crop range from $10 million to $20 million. — Jeff Martin, The Seattle Times, "Farmers fear it will take years to recover from storm strike," 30 Oct. 2018 Cotton, pecan and peanut crops were lost in Georgia, and one million power customers were offline Thursday in Florida, Alabama, Georgia, the Carolinas and Virginia, according to reports from local utilities. — Jon Kamp And Arian Campo-flores, WSJ, "Michael Blasts Deadly Path Across Several Southern States," 11 Oct. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'peanut.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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