Synonyms of taste

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noun

1

as in flavor

the property of a substance that can be identified by the sense of taste

I can't stand the taste of cherry-flavored cough syrup

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flavor
• savour
• savor
• tang
• relish
• smack
• aftertaste
• tastiness
• savoriness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• tastelessness

2

as in mouthful

a small piece or quantity of food

I'll just have a taste of your dessert

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mouthful
• bite
• nibble
• snack
• morsel
• titbit
• nugget
• tidbit
• bit
• chew
• collop
• touch
• appetizer
• pinch
• gulp
• hint
• lick
• dash
• smidgeon
• smidgin
• nosh
• dribble
• smidge
• swallow
• sprinkling
• medallion
• noisette
• smidgen
• shred
• snippet
• canapé
• crumb
• speck
• suspicion
• particle
• mote
• spot
• scruple
• fleck
• swig
• lap
• drop
• driblet
• dab
• tittle
• hors d'oeuvre
• scrap
• snip
• nubbin
• trace

3

as in liking

positive regard for something

trying to develop a taste for classical music

Synonyms & Similar Words

• liking
• like
• appetite
• preference
• craving
• love
• use
• relish
• fondness
• enthusiasm
• thirst
• tendency
• love affair
• desire
• partiality
• fancy
• shine
• favor
• interest
• longing
• passion
• prejudice
• palate
• tooth
• bias
• inclination
• gusto
• weakness
• hankering
• yen
• propensity
• bent
• leaning

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hatred
• disgust
• distaste
• dislike
• aversion
• loathing
• disfavor
• indifference
• apathy
• mislike
• disinclination
• unconcern

taste

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verb

ˈtāst 

1

as in to experience

to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it

an adventurer who has tasted danger and lived to tell the tale

Synonyms & Similar Words

• experience
• undergo
• have
• endure
• see
• feel
• know
• suffer
• witness
• sustain
• pass
• receive
• go through
• encounter
• meet
• accept
• digest
• assimilate

2

as in to sense

to have a vague awareness of

by your language I can taste that something is wrong

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sense
• feel
• smell
• see
• notice
• hear
• perceive
• scent
• sight
• expect
• realize
• look (at)
• learn
• discover
• eye
• view
• anticipate
• discern
• note
• divine
• ascertain
• remark
• distinguish
• witness
• find out
• guess
• behold
• observe
• regard
• suspect
• foresee
• spy
• suppose
• presume
• espy
• descry
• catch on (to)
• speculate
• assume
• surmise
• foreknow
• conjecture

Examples of taste in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

How Apple Sweetness Is Determined No, apple sweetness is not determined by taste alone. —Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 16 Sep. 2024

After love, money is perhaps the novel’s favorite subject, especially the novel in its most hopelessly (or, depending on your taste, endearingly) bourgeois form. —Laura Miller, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024

Verb

With period-style facades and hitching posts, and streets lined with shops, galleries, tasting rooms, and museums, visitors can partake in experiences both ranchy and rad by turns. —Sunset Magazine, 10 Sep. 2024

The pale yellow-gold color and the tiny bubbles are as much an aesthetic pleasure as a tasting triumph. —Natasha Gural, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024