SOUR as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the property of being acidic
   Synonym(s)
   • acidity (what does acidity mean?)
   • sourness (what does sourness mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) sour is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • taste property (what does taste property mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • acerbity (what does acerbity mean?)
   • tartness (what does tartness mean?)
   • vinegariness (what does vinegariness mean?)
   • vinegarishness (what does vinegarishness mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • sour (what does sour mean?)
   • acidify (what does acidify mean?)
   • acidulate (what does acidulate mean?)
   • acetify (what does acetify mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth
   Synonym(s)
   • sourness (what does sourness mean?)
   • tartness (what does tartness mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) sour is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • taste (what does taste mean?)
   • taste sensation (what does taste sensation mean?)
   • gustatory sensation (what does gustatory sensation mean?)
   • taste perception (what does taste perception mean?)
   • gustatory perception (what does gustatory perception mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • acidity (what does acidity mean?)
   • acidulousness (what does acidulousness mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • sour (what does sour mean?)
   • acidify (what does acidify mean?)
   • acidulate (what does acidulate mean?)
   • acetify (what does acetify mean?)
3. Meaning
   • a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar
   Hypernyms(s) sour is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • cocktail (what does cocktail mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • whiskey sour (what does whiskey sour mean?)
   • whisky sour (what does whisky sour mean?)

SOUR as VERB

1. Meaning
   • go sour or spoil
   Synonym(s)
   • ferment (what does ferment mean?)
   • turn (what does turn mean?)
   • work (what does work mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • The milk has soured
   • The wine worked
   • The cream has turned–we have to throw it out
   Hypernyms(s) sour is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • change state (what does change state mean?)
   • turn (what does turn mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • zymosis (what does zymosis mean?)
   • zymolysis (what does zymolysis mean?)
   • fermentation (what does fermentation mean?)
   • fermenting (what does fermenting mean?)
   • ferment (what does ferment mean?)
   • ferment (what does ferment mean?)
   • zymosis (what does zymosis mean?)
   • zymolysis (what does zymolysis mean?)
   • fermentation (what does fermentation mean?)
   • fermenting (what does fermenting mean?)
   • ferment (what does ferment mean?)
   • fermentation (what does fermentation mean?)
   • ferment (what does ferment mean?)
   • souring (what does souring mean?)
2. Meaning
   • make sour or more sour
   Synonym(s)
   • acetify (what does acetify mean?)
   • acidify (what does acidify mean?)
   • acidulate (what does acidulate mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) sour is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • change taste (what does change taste mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • sweeten (what does sweeten mean?)
   • dulcify (what does dulcify mean?)
   • edulcorate (what does edulcorate mean?)
   • dulcorate (what does dulcorate mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • vinegar (what does vinegar mean?)
   • acetum (what does acetum mean?)
   • acetum (what does acetum mean?)
   • acid (what does acid mean?)
   • acid (what does acid mean?)
   • sourness (what does sourness mean?)
   • sour (what does sour mean?)
   • acidity (what does acidity mean?)
   • sour (what does sour mean?)
   • sourness (what does sourness mean?)
   • tartness (what does tartness mean?)

SOUR as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • smelling of fermentation or staleness
   Synonym(s)
   • rancid (what does rancid mean?)
   Similar To
   • malodorous (what does malodorous mean?)
   • malodourous (what does malodourous mean?)
2. Meaning
   • showing a brooding ill humor
   Synonym(s)
   • dark (what does dark mean?)
   • dour (what does dour mean?)
   • glowering (what does glowering mean?)
   • glum (what does glum mean?)
   • moody (what does moody mean?)
   • morose (what does morose mean?)
   • saturnine (what does saturnine mean?)
   • sullen (what does sullen mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a dark scowl
   • the proverbially dour New England Puritan
   • a glum, hopeless shrug
   • he sat in moody silence
   • a morose and unsociable manner
   • a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius- Bruce Bliven
   • a sour temper
   Similar To
   • ill-natured (what does ill-natured mean?)
3. Meaning
   • inaccurate in pitch
   Synonym(s)
   • false (what does false mean?)
   • off-key (what does off-key mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a false (or sour) note
   • her singing was off key
   Similar To
   • inharmonious (what does inharmonious mean?)
   • unharmonious (what does unharmonious mean?)
4. Meaning
   • having a sharp biting taste
   Antonym(s)
   • sweet (what does sweet mean?)
   Similar To
   • acerb (what does acerb mean?)
   • acerbic (what does acerbic mean?)
   • astringent (what does astringent mean?)
   • sharp (what does sharp mean?)
   • acetose (what does acetose mean?)
   • acetous (what does acetous mean?)
   • vinegary (what does vinegary mean?)
   • acidic (what does acidic mean?)
   • acidulent (what does acidulent mean?)
   • acidulous (what does acidulous mean?)
   • acidulated (what does acidulated mean?)
   • lemony (what does lemony mean?)
   • lemonlike (what does lemonlike mean?)
   • sourish (what does sourish mean?)
   • tangy (what does tangy mean?)
   • tart (what does tart mean?)
   • subacid (what does subacid mean?)
   See Also
   • dry (what does dry mean?)
   • soured (what does soured mean?)
   • tasteful (what does tasteful mean?)
5. Meaning
   • in an unpalatable state
   Synonym(s)
   • off (what does off mean?)
   • turned (what does turned mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • sour milk
   Similar To
   • soured (what does soured mean?)
6. Meaning
   • one of the four basic taste sensations
   • like the taste of vinegar or lemons
   Similar To
   • tasteful (what does tasteful mean?)