taste 1 of 2

noun

Definition of tastenext
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

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2
as in mouthful
a small piece or quantity of food I'll just have a taste of your dessert

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3
as in liking
positive regard for something trying to develop a taste for classical music

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taste

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verb

ˈtāst How to pronounce taste (audio)
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

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2
as in to sense
to have a vague awareness of by your language I can taste that something is wrong

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Recent Examples of taste
Noun
Her taste is significantly better than that of my mother-in-law and the other dama. — Jonathan Flint, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026 Anyone displaying such pedestrian tastes would immediately be expelled from the room. — David Denby, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
Verb
If more than a small portion is green, or the potato smells off, feels soft, or tastes bitter after cooking, discard it. — Anne Wolf, Martha Stewart, 29 Aug. 2026 Determining which loss is worse, or more embarrassing, is like asking which piece of dog poop tastes better. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for taste
Recent Examples of Synonyms for taste
  1. flavor
  2. mouthful
  3. liking
  4. experience
  5. sense
  6. bite
  7. like
  8. undergo
Noun
  • In This Article Key Takeaways Fresh corn doesn’t need to boil for very long to enhance its sweet flavor and crunch.
    — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Mediterranean and Middle Eastern flavors have become increasingly common across grocery stores and restaurant menus, while the customizable bowl has become a fixture of the American workday lunch.
    — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of flavor
Noun
  • Across the cove, less than a hundred yards away, another beaver swam to its lodge, also with a mouthful of sticks.
    — Carl R. Gold, Baltimore Sun, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Trump himself issued mouthfuls of balderdash during the event.
    — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of mouthful
Noun
  • The best kids basketball sets This set will encourage your kids to remain active and develop a liking for the game of basketball.
    — BestReviews, Mercury News, 24 Aug. 2026
  • If none of those finalists are to his liking, Johnson can direct the process to begin again.
    — Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of liking
Verb
  • Of course, the Mets would look awfully silly if Soto experiences another calf issue.
    — Will Sammon, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Some areas that have seen an influx of people haven’t experienced the same kind of declines that other parts of the county have.
    — Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of experience
Verb
  • The same principle applies to optical fiber sensing, just with much greater sensitivity.
    — Pawel Maniewski, New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Epicore Biosystems, the Gx Sweat Patch from Gatorade, Nix Biosensors, FLOWBIO and hDrop Technologies are the most visible names in consumer sweat sensing.
    — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of sense
Noun
  • The lawsuit further alleged that Trader Joe’s put its crustless PB&Js peanut in packaging that too closely resembled the coloring of an Uncrustables box and featured a similar photograph of a sandwich with a bite taken out of one side.
    — Dee-Ann Durbin, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Throughout the night, creatives grazed on light bites from Goop Kitchen—the teriyaki salmon hand rolls were a crowd favorite—and bopped to the tunes from DJ Mariko.
    — Paul Chi, Vogue, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of bite
Noun
  • Those gizmos can then be shared with the world in a TikTok-style endless scroll complete with likes, comments, reposts, and all the other hallmarks of social media addiction.
    — Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2026
  • In a Facebook post with nearly 500 likes and 40 comments as of Friday afternoon, the Gagnons spoke about their experience establishing the brewery and its part in the local community.
    — John Magsam, Arkansas Online, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of like
Verb
  • That oil can then undergo further processing and hydrotreatment to produce SAF.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Thompson served as a guest judge that season while Cowell, who underwent a six-hour surgery that included the placement of a metal rod in his back, recovered.
    — Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2026
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“Taste.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taste. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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