What is another word for gruel?

Pronunciation: [ɡɹˈuːəl] (IPA)

Gruel, a thin and watery cereal made from boiling grains in water or milk, has been a staple food in many cultures for centuries. However, if you're looking for alternatives to this bland and unappetizing dish, synonyms abound. These range from heartier porridges such as cornmeal, oatmeal, and cream of wheat, to savory stews and soups such as chowders, bisques, and goulashes. Other possible substitutes include hearty casseroles, spiced rice dishes, and savory bread pudding. Regardless of your preference, there are many delicious and nutritious alternatives to gruel to satisfy your taste buds and fill your stomach.

Synonyms for Gruel:

What are the hypernyms for Gruel?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the hyponyms for Gruel?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.
  • hyponyms for gruel (as nouns)

Usage examples for Gruel

She lifted Davey from the stranger's arms and he took the bowl of gruel to the other man.
"The Pioneers"
Katharine Susannah Prichard
She found them and they breakfasted on a weak gruel and tea without milk.
"The Pioneers"
Katharine Susannah Prichard
I shall have gruel.
"George Eliot"
Mathilde Blind

Famous quotes with Gruel

  • Without a sense of place the work is often reduced to a cry of voices in empty rooms, a literature of the self, at its best poetic music; at its worst a thin gruel of the ego.
    William Kennedy
  • I'll dispose of my teeth as I see fit, and after they've gone, I'll get along. I started off living on gruel, and by God, I can always go back to it again.
    S. J. Perelman
  • The gruel that children’s little hands have stirred Is sweeter than nectar.
    Thiruvalluvar
  • Never had beauty been so forgotten; style was poisoned at the fount of thought by Carlyle, whose sentences were confused disasters like railway accidents, and by Herbert Spencer, who wrote as though he were the offspring of two leaders; among novelists only Robert Louis Stevenson loved words, and he had too prudent a care to water down his gruel to suit sick England's stomach.
    Robert Louis Stevenson
  • Billy coughed when the door was opened, and when he coughed he shit thin gruel. This was in accordance with the Third Law of Motion according to Sir Isaac Newton. This law tells us that for each reaction there is a reaction which is equal and opposite in direction. This can be useful in rocketry.
    Kurt Vonnegut

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