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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | biting taste or odor |
| Synonyms: | aroma, bite, flavor, guts*, kick*, nip, piquancy, pungency, reek, relish, sapidity, sapor, savor, scent, smack*, smell, spiciness, tanginess, thrill, twang, zest, zip |
| Antonyms: | blandness, dullness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | kick |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | power, strength |
| Synonyms: | backlash, blow, boot, force, intensity, jar, jolt, pep, punch, pungency, snap, sparkle, tang, verve, vitality, zest, zing |
| Antonyms: | dullness, powerlessness, tastelessness, weakness |
| Main Entry: | odor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | scent |
| Synonyms: | air, aroma, bouquet, effluvium, efflux, emanation, essence, exhalation, flavor, fragrance, musk, perfume, pungence, pungency, redolence, smell, snuff, stench, stink, tang, tincture, trail, whiff |
| Main Entry: | relish |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | great appreciation of something |
| Synonyms: | appetite, bias, delectation, diversion, enjoying, enjoyment, fancy, flair, flavor, fondness, gusto, heart, leaning, liking, love, loving, palate, partiality, penchant, pleasure, predilection, prejudice, propensity, sapidity, sapor, savor, smack, stomach, tang, taste, zest |
| Antonyms: | dislike, hate, hatred |
| Main Entry: | savor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | taste, flavor |
| Synonyms: | odor, piquancy, relish, salt, sapidity, sapor, scent, smack, smell, spice, tang, tinge, zest |
| Main Entry: | scent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | smell, aroma |
| Synonyms: | aura, balm, bouquet, essence, fragrance, incense, odor, perfume, pheromone, redolence, spice, tang, track, trail, whiff |
| Antonyms: | odor, stench, stink |
| Main Entry: | smell |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | odor |
| Synonyms: | aroma, bouquet, emanation, essence, flavor, fragrance, incense, perfume, redolence, savor, scent, spice, stench, stink, tang, trace, trail, whiff |
| Main Entry: | spice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flavor, zest |
| Synonyms: | aroma, color, excitement, fragrance, gusto, guts*, kick, pep, piquancy, pungency, relish, salt, savor, scent, seasoning, tang, zap, zip |
| Notes: | herbs are, technically, plants with aerial parts used for seasoning foods and a spice (also called seasoning) is any substance used for seasoning foods; many herbs are used as spices, but not all |
| Antonyms: | blandness, dullness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | taste |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flavor of some quality |
| Synonyms: | aftertaste, aroma, bang*, bitter, drive, ginger, jolt, kick*, oomph, palatableness, piquancy, punch*, relish, salt, sapidity, sapor, savor, savoriness, smack, sour, sting*, suggestion, sweet, tang, wallop, zest, zing, zip |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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