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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | morsel, bite |
| Synonyms: | crumb, peck, snack, soupçon, taste, tidbit |
| Antonyms: | mouthful |
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| Main Entry: | morsel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tiny piece |
| Synonyms: | bait, bit, bite, chunk, crumb, cut, delicacy, drop, fraction, fragment, grain, hunk, lump, mouthful, nibble, nosh, part, sample, scrap, segment, slice, snack, soupçon, taste, tidbit, treat |
| Antonyms: | lot |
| Main Entry: | nip |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | swallow, taste |
| Synonyms: | bite, catch, dram, drop, finger, jolt, morsel, mouthful, nibble, pinch, portion, shot*, sip, slug, snifter, soupçon, toothful |
| Antonyms: | mouthful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | peck |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
| Definition: | bite |
| Synonyms: | beak, dig, hit, jab, kiss, mark, nibble, pick, pinch, poke, prick, rap, strike, tap |
| Main Entry: | snack |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tiny meal |
| Synonyms: | bite, bite to eat, break, eats, goodies, grub, light meal, lunch, luncheon, midnight snack, morsel, munch, nibble, nosh, pickings, piece, refreshment, tea, tidbit |
| Antonyms: | meal |
| Main Entry: | hors d'oeuvre |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | appetizer |
| Synonyms: | antepast, antipasto, aperitif, canapé, crostato, crudités, finger food, finger sandwich, foretaste, nibbles, sample, snack, starter, tidbit, whet |
| Notes: | antipasto and hors d'oeuvre are different terms - first Italian, second French - for the same thing, appetizers or starters |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Concept: | [Good taste.] Taste. |
| Category: | 2. Discriminative Affections |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
taste; good taste, refined taste, cultivated taste; delicacy, refinement, fine feeling, gust, gusto, tact, finesse; nicety (discrimination); ; polish, elegance, grace., virtu; delettanteism; fine art; culture, cultivation., [Science of taste] aesthetics., man of taste; connoisseur, judge, critic, conoscent, virtuoso, amateur, dilettant, Aristarchus, Corinthian, arbiter elegantiarum, stagirite, euphemist., "caviare to the general" [Hamlet].
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| Antonyms: | vulgarity |
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