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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pleasing, especially to the taste |
| Synonyms: | adorable, ambrosial, appetizing, choice, dainty, darling, delectable, delightful, delish, distinctive, divine, enjoyable, enticing, exquisite, fit for king, good, gratifying, heavenly, luscious, lush, mellow, mouthwatering, nectarous, nice, palatable, piquant, pleasant, rare, rich, sapid, savory, scrumptious, spicy, sweet, tasteful, tasty, tempting, titillating, toothsome, well-prepared, well-seasoned, yummy* |
| Antonyms: | disagreeable, distasteful, horrible, unpleasant, unsavory |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | agreeable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pleasing |
| Synonyms: | acceptable, dandy, delicious, delightful, enjoyable, fair, fine, gratifying, hunky-dory, mild, nice, peach, peachy*, pleasant, pleasurable, pleasureful, pussycat, ready, satisfying, spiffy, swell*, to one's liking, to one's taste, welcome |
| Antonyms: | disagreeable, discordant, distasteful, harsh, hateful, mean, nasty, offensive, unpleasant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | appetizing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tasting very good |
| Synonyms: | aperitive, appealing, delectable, delicious, delish, divine*, flavorsome, heavenly, inviting, luscious, mouthwatering, palatable, saporous, savory, scrumptious, succulent, sugar-coated, sweetened, tantalizing, tasty, tempting, toothsome, yummy* |
| Antonyms: | disgusting, distasteful, unappetizing, unsavory |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dainty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | delicate, fragile, fine |
| Synonyms: | airy, attractive, beautiful, bonny, charming, choice, comely, cute, darling, delectable, delicious, delightful, diaphanous, elegant, ethereal, exquisite, fair, feeble, frail, graceful, lacy, light, lovely, neat, nice, palatable, petite, pleasing, precious, pretty, rare, recherché, refined, savory, select, soft, subtle, superior, sweet, tasteful, tasty, tender, thin, toothsome, trim, well-made |
| Antonyms: | clumsy, coarse, harsh, heavy, rough |
| Main Entry: | delicate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dainty, weak |
| Synonyms: | aerial, balmy, breakable, choice, delectable, delicious, delightful, elegant, ethereal, exquisite, faint, filmy, fine, fine-grained, finespun, flimsy, fracturable, fragile, frail, frangible, gauzy, gentle, gossamery, graceful, hairline, mild, muted, nice, pale, pastel, rare, recherché, select, shatterable, shattery, slight, soft, subdued, subtle, superior, tender |
| Antonyms: | coarse, harsh, heavy, indelicate, inelegant, robust, rough, strong |
| Main Entry: | delightful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pleasant, charming |
| Synonyms: | adorable, agreeable, alluring, ambrosial, amusing, attractive, beautiful, captivating, cheery, clever, congenial, darling, delectable, delicious, enchanting, engaging, enjoyable, entertaining, fair, fascinating, gratifying, heavenly, ineffable, lovely, luscious, lush, pleasing, pleasurable, rapturous, ravishing, refreshing, satisfying, scrumptious, thrilling, yummy* |
| Notes: | delightful is more general than delectable which describes a sensual experience |
| Antonyms: | bad, disappointing, horrible, unamusing, unenjoyable, unhappy, unpleasant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | eatable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | able to be consumed |
| Synonyms: | appetizing, comestible, culinary, delicious, delish, dietary, digestible, edible, esculent, fit, good, harmless, kosher*, nutritious, nutritive, palatable, piquant, safe, satisfying, savory, scrumptious, succulent, tasty, tempting, wholesome, yummy* |
| Antonyms: | inedible, undelicious, uneatable, unpalatable, unwholesome |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | enjoyable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pleasing; to one's liking |
| Synonyms: | agreeable, amusing, clear sailing, delectable, delicious, delightful, entertaining, fun, genial, gratifying, groovy*, just for grins, just for kicks, just for laughs, just for the heck of it, likable, lots of laughs, pleasant, pleasurable, preferable, relishable, satisfying, welcome |
| Antonyms: | disagreeable, displeasing, unenjoyable, unhappy, unpleasant, unsatisfying |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | exquisite |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beautiful, excellent, finely detailed |
| Synonyms: | admirable, attractive, charming, choice, comely, consummate, cultivated, dainty, delicate, delicious, discerning, discriminating, elegant, errorless, ethereal, fastidious, fine, flawless, impeccable, incomparable, irreproachable, lovely, matchless, meticulous, outstanding, peerless, perfect, pleasing, polished, precious, precise, rare, recherché, refined, select, selective, splendid, striking, subtle, superb, superior, superlative |
| Antonyms: | crude, flawed, horrible, horrifying, imperfect, inferior, poor, ugly |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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