Synonyms for tasteful
- adjective
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Adjective
elegant, aesthetic, esthetic US, artistic, understated, palatable, delicious, toothsome, chic, refined, neat, trendy informal, delectable, appetizing, appetising UK, chaste, savory US, savoury UK, fastidious, relishing, sapid, exquisite, luscious, scrumptious informal, dainty
Definitions
- adj. 1
Having or exhibiting good taste; aesthetically pleasing or conforming to expectations or ideals of what is appropriate.
Her home was decorated with tasteful, classical furnishings.
Related words
- Word family
- tastefully tastefulness
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Tasteful refers to that in which the element of taste is more prominent, standing, as it were, more by itself, while in elegant it is blended as part of the whole.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- artistic It is the most artistic picture I have ever taken.
- aesthetic Their furniture is more aesthetic than practical.
- elegant Her dress was a simple yet elegant shade of black.
- understated Algeria's economic progress cannot be understated.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| tasteful | rising | |
| artistic | steady | |
| aesthetic | rising | |
| elegant | rising | |
| understated | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- neat1, chic1
- 5 letters
- sapid
- 6 letters
- trendy2, dainty2, savory3, chaste1
- 7 letters
- elegant3, refined2, savoury
- 8 letters
- artistic3, luscious2, esthetic3
- 9 letters
- delicious3, aesthetic3, exquisite3, palatable4, relishing3, toothsome
- 10 letters
- delectable4, appetizing4, fastidious4, appetising
- 11 letters
- understated4, scrumptious
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (trendy2 = 2 syllables).