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Synonyms for flavor

  • noun
  • American English

Most common

taste spice tang savor US smell aroma

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    The quality produced by the sensation of taste or, especially, of taste and smell in combined effect.

    The flavor of this apple pie is delicious.

  2. n. 2

    Flavoring, a substance used to produce a taste.

    Flavor was added to the pudding.

Related words

Word family
flavorer flavorful flavoring flavorless flavoursome
Phrases
flavor saver
Is a kind of
sensation
Other spellings
flavour UK

Forms

Plural
flavors → tastes, tangs, spices, savors…

Example sentences

  • taste My wife's taste in clothes is different from mine.
  • spice Spices such as cloves came from the Spice Islands.
  • tang Citrus adds a nice tang to a salad dressing.
  • savor Every morning I make coffee and savor its aroma.
  • smell I breathed the smell of the flowers in the garden.
  • aroma The aroma of the wine was intoxicating to Adriano.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
flavorrising
tasterising
spicerising
tangrising
savorrising
smellrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
nip1
4 letters
look1, feel1, salt1, tone1, tang1, odor2, zest1, gust1
5 letters
touch1, taste1, smell1, spice1, smack1, aroma3, savor2, gusto2, odour2, tinge1, twang1, sapor
6 letters
spirit2, relish2, savour, sapour
7 letters
feeling2, meaning2, essence2
8 letters
tincture2, sapidity
9 letters
fragrance2, seasoning3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (odor2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
saveur
Italiano
sapore
Español
sabor