Synonyms and Antonyms of sauce
1
a savory fluid food used as a topping or accompaniment to a main dish
- the chef poured sauce over the meat just before he served it
2
disrespectful or argumentative talk given in response to a command or request
- if you put up with any sauce from them, they'll only get worse
comeback, rejoinder, retort, riposte, wisecrack
cuteness, discourtesy, disrespect, guff, impoliteness, nonsense, rudeness, tactlessness
audaciousness, audacity, boldness, brazenness
coarseness, crassness, crudity, vulgarity
abruptness, bluffness, bluntness, brusqueness, crossness, curtness, gruffness, surliness
civility, cordiality, courtesy, diplomacy, politeness, tactfulness
consideration, gallantry, gentility, graciousness, smoothness, suaveness, suavity
deference, respect
affability
3
shameless boldness
- the woman was shocked by the sauce of the child who ran right up to her and asked for money
audaciousness, audacity, brashness, brass, brassiness, brazenness, cheek, cheekiness, chutzpah (also chutzpa), crust, effrontery, face, gall, nerve, nerviness, pertness, presumption, presumptuousness, sauciness, temerity
arrogance, assurance, cockiness, confidence, hardihood, overconfidence, sanguinity, self-assurance, self-confidence
discourteousness, disrespect, impertinence, impoliteness, impudence, incivility, inconsiderateness, inconsideration, insolence, rudeness, ungraciousness
back talk, sass
swagger, swash
bashfulness, diffidence, faintheartedness, hesitancy, modesty, shyness, timidity, timidness, timorousness
civility, courteousness, courtesy, gentility, graciousness, mannerliness, manners
4
slang
a distilled beverage that can make a person drunk
- as soon as she returned home from the graveyard shift, she'd be hitting the sauce
alcohol, aqua vitae, ardent spirits, booze, bottle, drink, firewater, grog, hooch [slang], inebriant, intoxicant, John Barleycorn, juice [slang], liquor, lush [slang], moonshine, potable, rum, spirits, stimulant, strong drink, tipple
aperitif, bracer, chaser, digestif, nightcap
belt, load, nip, peg [British], pop, shooter, shot, slug,
