Synonyms for scrumptious
- adjective
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All synonyms
Adjective
1. Delicious — of food, delectable, delicious
delicious, yummy informal, delectable, tasty, luscious, toothsome, appetizing, appetising UK, savory US, savoury UK, exquisite, dainty, nice, ambrosial, palatable, sapid, hyperpalatable, flavoursome UK, flavorsome US, tasteful, gustful dated, lickerish dated
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Of food: delectable, delicious.
What a scrumptious treat!
Related words
- Word family
- scrumdiddlyumptious scrummy scrumptiously scrumptiousness
Example sentences
- delicious I ate lots of delicious, juicy ham last Christmas.
- tasty French cooking aims at making healthy, tasty food.
- luscious What gives this chocolate mousse its luscious smoothness?
- delectable Delectable odors of ham and toast pervaded the air.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| scrumptious | rising | |
| delicious | rising | |
| tasty | rising | |
| luscious | rising | |
| delectable | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- nice1
- 5 letters
- tasty2, yummy2, sapid
- 6 letters
- dainty2, savory3
- 7 letters
- savoury, gustful
- 8 letters
- luscious2, tasteful2
- 9 letters
- delicious3, exquisite3, palatable4, toothsome, ambrosial3, lickerish
- 10 letters
- delectable4, appetizing4, appetising, flavorsome
- 11 letters
- flavoursome
- 14 letters
- hyperpalatable, superdelicious
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (tasty2 = 2 syllables).