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Synonyms for relish

Most common

taste smack spice condiment zest gusto tinge

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Savor

savor US, savour UK, flavor US, flavour UK, taste, smack, spice, condiment, tang, nip, seasoning, gust, sapidity, twang, sapor dated US, sapour UK

3. Tinge — A small amount; a tinge, a trace

tinge, touch, sprinkling

Other

eat, sauce, appetizer, appetiser UK, piccalilli UK, gout dated

Verb

1. Enjoy — to take delight or pleasure in (someone or oneself, or something)

enjoy, delight in, delight, like, appreciate

Other

bask

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A small amount; a tinge, a trace.

  2. n. 2

    Enjoyment of flavour or taste; (countable) an instance of this.

  3. n. 3

    Enjoyment of something pleasant; (countable) an instance of this.

  4. v. 1

    To take delight or pleasure in (someone or oneself, or something).

    He relishes their time together.

Related words

Word family
relishing

Forms

Plural
relishes → savors, flavors, tastes, smacks…
Past participle
relished
e.g. relished → enjoyed, delighted, liked, appreciated…

Example sentences

  • taste My wife's taste in clothes is different from mine.
  • spice Spices such as cloves came from the Spice Islands.
  • savor Every morning I make coffee and savor its aroma.
  • condiment Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.
  • zest She added a hint of lemon zest to the cake batter.
  • gusto Everyone took part in the work with gusto.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
relishrising
tasterising
spicerising
savorrising
condimentrising
zestrising

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

By length

3 letters
eat1, nip1
4 letters
like1, tang1, zest1, gust1, gout1, bask1
5 letters
enjoy2, touch1, taste1, sauce1, spice1, smack1, savor2, gusto2, tinge1, twang1, sapor
6 letters
flavor2, liking2, savour, sapour
7 letters
delight2, flavour
8 letters
pleasure2, appetite3, fondness2, sapidity
9 letters
enjoyment3, seasoning3, appetizer4, condiment3, appetiser
10 letters
appreciate4, sprinkling2, partiality5, piccalilli
11 letters
zestfulness

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (enjoy2 = 2 syllables).