| Main Entry: | taste |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flavor of some quality |
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aftertaste, aroma, bang*, bitter, drive, ginger, jolt, kick*, oomph, palatableness, piquancy, punch*, relish, salt, sapidity, sapor, savor, savoriness, smack, sour, sting*, suggestion, sweet, tang, wallop, zest, zing, zip |
| Main Entry: | taste |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tiny sample |
Synonyms: |
appetizer, bit, bite, canapé, chaw, dash, delicacy, drop, fragment, hint, hors d'oeuvre, morsel, mouthful, nip, sampling, sip, soupçon, spoonful, sprinkling, suggestion, swallow, tidbit, tincture, tinge, titbit, touch, trifle, whiff, wink |
Antonyms: |
lot |
| Main Entry: | taste |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inclination, preference |
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affection, appetence, appetite, attachment, bent*, comprehension, cup of tea, desire, disposition, druthers, fancy, fondness, gusto, heart, leaning, liking, palate, partiality, penchant, predilection, predisposition, prepossession, relish, soft spot, stomach*, tendency, thing*, type, understanding, weakness, zest |
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disinclination, dislike, hate, hatred |
| Main Entry: | taste |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | capacity to sense flavor |
Synonyms: |
appetence, appetite, gout, gustation, palate, stomach, taste buds, tongue |
| Main Entry: | taste |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | judgment, propriety |
Synonyms: |
acumen, acuteness, aestheticism, appreciation, correctness, cultivation, culture, decorum, delicacy, discernment, discretion, discrimination, distinction, elegance, feeling, finesse, good taste, grace, nicety, penetration, perception, polish, politeness, refinement, restraint, style, susceptibility, tact, tactfulness, tastefulness |
| Main Entry: | taste |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | judge, try |
Synonyms: |
assay, bite, chew, criticize, differentiate, discern, distinguish, eat, enjoy, lick, nibble, partake, perceive, relish, sample, savor, sense, sip, test, touch, try the flavor of |
Antonyms: |
abstain |
| Main Entry: | taste |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | experience |
Synonyms: |
appreciate, be exposed to, come up against, encounter, feel, have knowledge of, know, meet with, partake of, perceive, run up against, savor, undergo |
Antonyms: |
abstain, refrain |
| Concept: | Taste. |
| Category: | 2. Sensation; special sensation; taste |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
taste, flavor, gust, gusto, savor; gout, relish; sapor, sapidity; twang, smack, smatch; aftertaste, tang., tasting; degustation, gustation., palate, tongue, tooth, stomach.
-verbs
taste, savor, smatch, smack, flavor, twang; tickle the palate (savory); smack the lips.
-adjectives
sapid, saporific; gustable, gustatory; gustful; strong; palatable.
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Antonyms: |
insipidity |
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| Concept: | [Good taste.] Taste. |
| Category: | 2. Discriminative Affections |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
taste; good taste, refined taste, cultivated taste; delicacy, refinement, fine feeling, gust, gusto, tact, finesse; nicety (discrimination); ; polish, elegance, grace., virtu; delettanteism; fine art; culture, cultivation., [Science of taste] aesthetics., man of taste; connoisseur, judge, critic, conoscent, virtuoso, amateur, dilettant, Aristarchus, Corinthian, arbiter elegantiarum, stagirite, euphemist., "caviare to the general" [Hamlet].
-adjectives
in good taste, cute, tasteful, tasty; unaffected, pure, chaste, classical, attic; cultivated, refined; dainty; aesthetic, artistic; elegant; euphemistic., to one's taste, to one's mind; after one's fancy; comme il faut; tire a quatre epingles.
-adverbs
elegantly
-phrases
nihil tetigit quod non ornavit [from Johnson's epitaph on Goldsmith]; chacun a son gout; oculi pictura tenentur aures cantibus [Cicero].
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Antonyms: |
vulgarity |
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| Main Entry: | allowance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amount of money or other supply |
Synonyms: |
aid, alimony, allocation, allotment, annuity, apportionment, bequest, bite*, bounty, commission, contribution, cut, endowment, fee, fellowship, gift, grant, honorarium, inheritance, interest, legacy, lot, measure, part, pay, pension, piece, portion, prize, quantity, quota, ration, recompense, remittance, salary, scholarship, share, slice, stint, stipend, subsidy, taste, wage |