Antonyms for taste
teɪsttaste

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1. tastenoun

   Synonyms:
   smack, smatch

2. tastenoun

   To sample the flavor of something orally.

   Synonyms:
   smatch, smack

3. tasteverb

   To have a taste.

   The chicken tasted great.

   Synonyms:
   smack, smatch

4. tastenoun

   : A small amount of experience with something that gives a sense of its quality as a whole.

   Synonyms:
   smack, smatch

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1. taste

   Antonyms:
   non-gustation, ill-savor, insipidity, disrelish, non-preception, indiscrimination, indiscernment, indelicacy, coarseness, inelegancy

   Synonyms:
   gustation, savor, flavor, sapidity, relish, perception, judgment, discernment, nicety, critique, sensibility, choice, zest, predilection, delicacy, elegancy, refinement

Matched Categories

1. • Discrimination
   • Experience
   • Identify
   • Ingest
   • Know
   • Liking
   • Perceive
   • Taste

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1. taste, taste sensation, gustatory sensation, taste perception, gustatory perceptionnoun

   the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus

   "the candy left him with a bad taste"; "the melon had a delicious taste"

   Synonyms:
   perceptiveness, taste sensation, appreciation, mouthful, sense of taste, gustatory perception, predilection, gustatory sensation, taste perception, preference, tasting, gustation, gustatory modality, penchant, discernment

2. preference, penchant, predilection, tastenoun

   a strong liking

   "my own preference is for good literature"; "the Irish have a penchant for blarney"

   Synonyms:
   taste perception, predilection, appreciation, taste sensation, druthers, perceptiveness, tasting, gustation, gustatory perception, penchant, preference, sense of taste, orientation, discernment, gustatory sensation, gustatory modality, mouthful

3. taste, appreciation, discernment, perceptivenessnoun

   delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values)

   "arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success"; "to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste"

   Synonyms:
   taste perception, savvy, predilection, appreciation, taste sensation, perceptiveness, insight, tasting, gustation, gustatory perception, perceptivity, hold, penchant, judgement, sagaciousness, preference, sense of taste, admiration, discretion, apprehension, grasp, understanding, judgment, discernment, sagacity, gustatory sensation, gustatory modality, mouthful

4. tastenoun

   a brief experience of something

   "he got a taste of life on the wild side"; "she enjoyed her brief taste of independence"

   Synonyms:
   perceptiveness, taste sensation, appreciation, mouthful, sense of taste, gustatory perception, predilection, gustatory sensation, taste perception, preference, tasting, gustation, gustatory modality, penchant, discernment

5. taste, mouthfulnoun

   a small amount eaten or drunk

   "take a taste--you'll like it"

   Synonyms:
   perceptiveness, taste sensation, appreciation, mouthful, sense of taste, gustatory perception, predilection, gustatory sensation, taste perception, preference, tasting, gustation, gustatory modality, penchant, discernment

6. taste, gustation, sense of taste, gustatory modalitynoun

   the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth

   "his cold deprived him of his sense of taste"

   Synonyms:
   perceptiveness, taste sensation, appreciation, mouthful, sense of taste, gustatory perception, predilection, gustatory sensation, taste perception, preference, tasting, gustation, gustatory modality, penchant, discernment

7. taste, tastingverb

   a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds

   "a wine tasting"

   Synonyms:
   taste perception, predilection, appreciation, taste sensation, perceptiveness, tasting, gustation, gustatory perception, penchant, savouring, preference, sense of taste, savoring, degustation, discernment, gustatory sensation, gustatory modality, mouthful, relishing

8. taste, savor, savourverb

   have flavor; taste of something

   Synonyms:
   bask, smack, enjoy, try, sample, savour, try out, relish, savor

9. tasteverb

   perceive by the sense of taste

   "Can you taste the garlic?"

   Synonyms:
   try, smack, savor, try out, savour, sample

10. sample, try, try out, tasteverb

    take a sample of

    "Try these new crackers"; "Sample the regional dishes"

    Synonyms:
    attempt, examine, stress, adjudicate, strain, audition, essay, seek, savour, assay, try, prove, test, try on, smack, hear, experiment, try out, sample, judge, render, savor

11. smack, tasteverb

    have a distinctive or characteristic taste

    "This tastes of nutmeg"

    Synonyms:
    smack, sample, try, thwack, savour, try out, peck, smell, reek, savor

12. tasteverb

    distinguish flavors

    "We tasted wines last night"

    Synonyms:
    try, smack, savor, try out, savour, sample

13. tasteverb

    experience briefly

    "The ex-slave tasted freedom shortly before she died"

    Synonyms:
    try, smack, savor, try out, savour, sample

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1. tastenoun

   Antonyms:
   dowdiness, tawdriness, distaste vulgarity

   Synonyms:
   tasting gustation, degustation, flavor, savor, tang, race, relish, goût, saporosity, sapor, gusto, gust, sapidity, liking, fondness, appetite, appetency, tincture, infusion, dash, soupçon, discernment, discrimination, foretaste, prelibation

   Associated words:
   gustatory, saporific

How to use taste in a sentence?

1. Rudy Bakalov:

   Good taste is always an asset.

2. Alexander Pope, An essay on Criticism:

   A little learning is a dangerous thing; drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring: there shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking largely sobers us again.

3. Karolina Pliskova:

   It's an incredible group of players, I think, it's very special being here in singles, having had a bit of a taste it in the doubles the last two years. It was really nice.

4. John Harris:

   Obviously, I read these emails today in a very different, intellectual light than when I read them, when my 27-year-old son, who is a sharp attorney ... But I'm his dad and I know he's a little judgmental, and has a little taste of arrogance, and some other things, and I'm very proud of him and love him with all of my heart. But this was a father and a son.

5. William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar:

   Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once.

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