Synonyms for savory
- adjective
- American English
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
2. Delicious
delicious, toothsome, luscious, scrumptious informal, mouth-watering, yummy informal, palatable, appetizing, appetising UK, fragrant, aromatic, sweet-smelling, dainty, rich, delicate, ambrosial, nice, odorous, tasteful, relishing, respectable, sapid, gustable
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Tasty, attractive to the palate.
The fine restaurant presented an array of savory dishes; each was delicious.
- adj. 2
Either salty or spicy, but not sweet.
The mushrooms, meat, bread, rice, peanuts and potatoes were all good savory foods.
Related words
- Word family
- savoriness
- Other spellings
- savoury UK
Choose the right word
Savory is applied chiefly to cooked food made palatable by spices and condiments.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- delicious I ate lots of delicious, juicy ham last Christmas.
By length
- 4 letters
- nice1, rich1
- 5 letters
- yummy2, zesty, sapid
- 6 letters
- dainty2
- 7 letters
- piquant2, odorous3
- 8 letters
- delicate3, aromatic4, fragrant2, luscious2, tasteful2, gustable
- 9 letters
- delicious3, palatable4, relishing3, toothsome, ambrosial3, savorsome
- 10 letters
- appetizing4, appetising
- 11 letters
- respectable4, scrumptious
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (yummy2 = 2 syllables).