Synonyms for taste
- noun
- verb
Most common
style liking refinement predilection experience spice mouthful twang
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Flavor — A person's implicit set of preferences, especially esthetic, though also culinary, sartorial, etc
flavor US, flavour UK, predilection, discernment, fancy, liking, style, refinement, palate, preference, like, perception, appetite, delicacy, touch, sensibility, culture, relish, lick, elegance, cup of tea, tinge, zest
2. Sample — A small amount of experience with something that gives a sense of its quality as a whole
3. Appreciation
Other
experience, feel, smack, spice, mouthful, twang, try-out, jam, salt dated, gustation rare, sapor dated US, sapour UK, smatch dated
Verb
Definitions
- n. 1
A person's implicit set of preferences, especially esthetic, though also culinary, sartorial, etc.
Dr. Parker has good taste in wine.
- n. 2
A small amount of experience with something that gives a sense of its quality as a whole.
Such anecdotes give one a taste of life on a trauma ward.
- n. 3
One of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain chemicals; the quality of giving this sensation.
Venison has a strong taste.
- v. 1
To sample the flavor of something orally.
Related words
- Word family
- tasteful tasteless tasty
- Phrases
- to someone's taste in bad taste in poor taste taste map
- Is a kind of
- perceive
Choose the right word
Some consider taste as a mere sensibility, and others as a simple exercise of judgment; but a union of both is requisite to the existence of anything which deserves the name. Taste of buds, or Taste of goblets (Anat.), the flask-shaped end organs of taste in the epithelium of the tongue.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Example sentences
- style The hair style of the Beatles created a sensation.
- liking Fred took a liking to Jane and started dating her.
- refinement I read many books, and attained refinement.
- predilection She always had a predilection for round numbers.
- experience At any rate, it will be a good experience for you.
- spice Spices such as cloves came from the Spice Islands.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| taste | rising | |
| style | rising | |
| liking | rising | |
| refinement | steady | |
| predilection | steady | |
| experience | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- try1, eat1, jam1, sup1
- 4 letters
- like1, feel1, salt1, hint1, lick1, zest1, gust1
- 5 letters
- style1, touch1, trial2, fancy2, spice1, smack1, savor2, tinge1, twang1, sapor, smake
- 6 letters
- sample2, flavor2, liking2, palate2, relish2, savour, sapour, smatch
- 7 letters
- culture2, flavour
- 8 letters
- appetite3, perceive2, elegance3, delicacy4, mouthful2
- 9 letters
- gustation
- 10 letters
- experience4, impression3, perception3, preference3, refinement3
- 11 letters
- sensibility5, discernment3
- 12 letters
- appreciation5, predilection4
- 14 letters
- perceptiveness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (trial2 = 2 syllables).