soup

noun

an unfortunate situation

any composition having a consistency suggestive of soup

liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food

verb

dope (a racehorse)

Roots

suppasoup- · Late Latin · sopped bread, broth

Synonyms for soup

minestronen potagen vichyssoisen mulligatawnyn brothn chowdern bouillonn pottagen burgoon bisquen gazpachon bouillabaissen

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Where does soup come from?

The word soup breaks down into one root of Late Latin origin: the root soup, from Late Latin suppa (“sopped bread, broth”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.