Synonyms 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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. taste

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

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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

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

Matched Categories

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

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. tasteverb

   Synonyms:
   try the flavor of, test by the tongue

2. tasteverb

   Synonyms:
   experience, perceive, feel

3. tasteverb

   Synonyms:
   try the flavor

4. tasteverb

   Synonyms:
   smack, savor, have a smack or flavor

5. tasteverb

   Synonyms:
   have perception, have experience

6. tastenoun

   Synonyms:
   flavor, relish, savor, zest, gusto, GOÛT

7. tastenoun

   Synonyms:
   dash, infusion, admixture, sprinkling, tincture

8. tastenoun

   Synonyms:
   sense of taste

9. tastenoun

   Synonyms:
   fondness, liking, partiality

10. tastenoun

    Synonyms:
    discernment (of beauty or excellence), judgment (of propriety), nice perception

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tastenoun

   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

   Antonyms:
   dowdiness, tawdriness, distaste vulgarity

   Associated words:
   gustatory, saporific

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1. List of paraphrases for "taste":

   flavour, liking, flavor, tasting, gusto, aftertaste, flavours, foretaste, palatability, papillae, snack, gust, appetite, fondness, reverence, inclination

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How to use taste in a sentence?

1. Susan Sontag:

   Intelligence is really a kind of taste: taste in ideas.

2. Salvador Dalí:

   It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and is always the first handicap to any creative functioning.

3. Adrian Cheok:

   The Taste Buddy could eventually help save lives, by allowing people to switch to healthier food choices, many children hate the taste of vegetables. So I knew that when I became an engineer, I wanted to make a device that could allow children to eat vegetables that taste like chocolate.

4. John Updike:

   I think taste is a social concept and not an artistic one. I'm willing to show good taste, if I can, in somebody else's living room, but our reading life is too short for a writer to be in any way polite. Since his words enter into another's brain in silence and intimacy, he should be as honest and explicit as we are with ourselves.

5. Ariel Adams:

   People tend to doubt their own taste and try to buy what they think people want them to wear, people should realize that their own taste is the most important and that legibility and wearing comfort are the two most important factors in allowing them to enjoy it the longest.