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taste - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: taste
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: flavor of some quality
Synonyms: aroma, bang*, bitter, drive, jolt, kick*, oomph*, piquancy, punch*, relish, salt, savor, smack, sour, sting*, suggestion, sweet, tang*, wallop, zest, zing*, zip*, aftertaste, ginger, palatableness, sapidity, sapor, savoriness
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: 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: verb
Definition: experience
Synonyms: appreciate, encounter, feel, know, perceive, savor, undergo, be exposed to, come up against, have knowledge of, meet with, partake of, run up against
Antonyms: abstain, refrain
Main Entry: taste
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: inclination, preference
Synonyms: affection, appetite, attachment, bent*, comprehension, cup of tea*, desire, disposition, fancy, fondness, gusto, heart, leaning, liking, partiality, penchant, predilection, predisposition, relish, soft spot*, stomach*, tendency, thing*, type, understanding, weakness, zest, appetence, druthers, palate, prepossession
Antonyms: disinclination, dislike, hate, hatred
Main Entry: taste
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: capacity to sense flavor
Synonyms: appetite, stomach, tongue, appetence, gout, gustation, palate, taste buds
Main Entry: taste
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: judgment, propriety
Synonyms: acumen, acuteness, appreciation, correctness, cultivation, culture, decorum, delicacy, discernment, discretion, discrimination, distinction, elegance, feeling, finesse, grace, nicety, penetration, perception, polish, politeness, refinement, restraint, style, susceptibility, tact, aestheticism, good taste, tactfulness, tastefulness
Concept Thesaurus
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-nouns
taste, flavor, gust, gusto, savor; gout, relish; sapor, sapidity; twang, smack, smatch; aftertaste, tang., tasting; degustation, gustation., palate, tongue, tooth, stomach., taste; good taste, refined taste, cultivated taste; delicacy, refinement, fine feeling, gust, gusto, tact, finesse; nicety (discrimination) [more]; ; 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].
-verbs
taste, savor, smatch, smack, flavor, twang; tickle the palate (savory) [more]; smack the lips., appreciate, judge, criticise, discriminate [more]
-adjectives
sapid, saporific; gustable, gustatory; gustful; strong; palatable [more]., in good taste, cute, tasteful, tasty; unaffected, pure, chaste, classical, attic; cultivated, refined; dainty; aesthetic, artistic; elegant [more]; 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].
Antonyms: insipidity, vulgarity
Main Entry: appetite
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: desire for food, worldly goods
Synonyms: craving, demand, fondness, greed, hankering, hunger, inclination, itch*, liking, longing, lust, passion, penchant, proclivity, propensity, relish, soft spot*, stomach, sweet tooth*, taste, thirst, urge, voracity, weakness, willingness, yearning, yen, zeal, zest, appetence, appetency, appetition, big eyes, gluttony, ravenousness
Antonyms: antipathy, aversion, disgust, dislike, distaste, hatred, indifference, loathing, repulsion, revulsion
Main Entry: appetizer
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: snack before meal
Synonyms: antipasto, aperitif, canapé, cocktail, dip, finger food, hors d'oeuvre, munchies, relish, sample, spread, taste, tidbit
Notes: aperitif is a drink to stimulate the appetite and appetizer is food that does this before a meal
Antonyms: meal
Main Entry: artistry
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: great skill in creative endeavors
Synonyms: ability, accomplishment, creativity, finesse, flair, genius, mastery, proficiency, style, talent, taste, touch, workmanship, artfulness, brilliance, craftship, virtuosity
Antonyms: inability, incapacity, ineptitude
Main Entry: behavior
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: manner of conducting oneself
Synonyms: act, action, address, air, attitude, bag*, bearing, carriage, code, comportment, conduct, convention, course, dealings, decency, decorum, deed, delivery, demeanor, deportment, ethics, etiquette, expression, form, front, guise, habits, management, mien, mode, morals, nature, observance, performance, practice, presence, propriety, ritual, role, routine, savoir-faire, seemliness, social graces, speech, style, tact, talk, taste, tenue, tone, way, way of life, ways, what's done
Main Entry: dip into
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: try, sample
Synonyms: appropriate, browse, dabble, get, peruse, run through, scan, seize, skim, take, taste, flip through, glance at, glance over, leaf through, play at, rifle through, run over, thumb through
Main Entry: dividend
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: one's share, profit
Synonyms: allotment, allowance, appropriation, bonus, check, coupon, cut*, dispensation, extra, gain, gravy*, interest, lagniappe*, pay, portion, premium, prize, proceeds, reward, surplus, taste*, carrot*, divvy, guerdon, meed, remittance, returns
Antonyms: loss
Main Entry: drink
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: beverage; alcoholic beverage
Synonyms: alcohol, booze*, brew, cup, draft, glass, gulp, libation, liquid, liquor, potable, potion, refreshment, shot, sip, slug*, spirits, spot*, swallow, swig, taste, toast, potation, thirst quencher
Antonyms: food
Main Entry: ear
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: attention
Synonyms: appreciation, consideration, discrimination, hearing, heed, mark, mind, note, notice, observance, observation, perception, regard, remark, sensitivity, taste
Main Entry: flair
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: talent, style
Synonyms: ability, accomplishment, aptitude, bent, chic, dash, elegance, faculty, feel, genius, gift, glamour, head, knack, mastery, panache, pizzazz*, presence, shine*, splash*, taste, turn, zip*, aptness
Antonyms: inability, incapacity, ineptitude, ineptness
Main Entry: gusto
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: great enthusiasm
Synonyms: appetite, appreciation, ardor, delight, enjoyment, exhilaration, fervor, heart, liking, passion, pleasure, relish, savor, taste, verve, zeal, zest, brio, delectation, palate
Antonyms: apathy, reluctance, unenthusiasm
Main Entry: hint
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: indication; suggestion
Synonyms: advice, allusion, announcement, clue, communication, connotation, denotation, evidence, help, idea, implication, impression, inference, information, inkling, innuendo, insinuation, intimation, iota, lead, mention, notice, notion, observation, omen, pointer, print, reference, reminder, scent, sign, smattering, suspicion, symptom, taste, telltale, tinge, tip, token, trace, warning, whiff*, whisper, wink*, wrinkle*, adumbration, flea in ear, glimmering, signification, tip-off, word to wise
Main Entry: leaning
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: tendency, bias
Synonyms: aptitude, bent*, cup of tea*, disposition, drift, favor, favoritism, inclination, liking, partiality, penchant, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, propensity, sentiment, taste, thing, weakness, inclining, mindset, proneness
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