Word Type

Noun

Verb

Adjective

The word "taste" can be used as noun, verb and adjective.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

bland sight smell

Typical Location

mouth

Causes Desire

eat vegetables

Derived Terms

acquired taste aftertaste all of one's taste is in one's mouth all one's taste is in one's mouth bad taste in one's mouth champagne taste on a beer billfold champagne taste on a beer budget champagne taste on a beer pocketbook champagne taste on a beer salary champagne taste on a beer wallet in bad taste in poor taste leave a sour taste in one's mouth nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American people taste blood taste map taste of one's own medicine taste of one's own poison taste pore taste-off taste-test tastebud tasteless tasty there's no accounting for taste to one's taste to someone's taste to taste

Distinct From

hear sight smell touch

Context

cooking

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

aesthesis appear comprehend consume discrimination esthesis experience experience exteroception have identify ingest know liking live look modality perceive perception savor savour secernment seem sensation sense datum sense experience sense impression sense modality sensing sensory system small indefinite amount small indefinite quantity take take in

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

relish savor savor

Type Of (IsA)

discrimination experience exteroception modality secernment sensation sense sensing small indefinite quantity

Manner Of

identify know perceive

Parts (Meronyms)

bitter salty sour spicy sweet umami

Part Of

helping tongue's purpose

Related Terms

action any any type bad bite bitter body body sense bud buds chemical choosing choosing food culinary delicious detect detect food detecting detecting food do does drink eat eat food eating eating food eating sensation eating sense enjoying enjoying food enjoyment esthetic experience feature feel feel food feeling five five senses flavor flavor detecting flavor judge flavor sense flavorful flavors flavour flavours food food drink food enjoyment food flavor food flavour food has food quality food sensation food sense foods for food from tongue function good good bad good flavour good food has how how foods human human sense identifying identifying food implicit in mouth in tongue job judge judging judging food knowing knowing food lick like like smell liking lips many flavors miraculin mouth mouth buds mouth feel mouth feeling mouth function mouth related mouth sensation mouth sense mouth tongue mouths mouths job nose nose do noticing noticing flavor on tongue on tongues one sense oral orally physical physical sense predilection preference purpose quality related responsibility salt salt sweet salty salty sweet sample sample food sartorial savor savor food savouring savouring flavours sensation sensation tongue sense sense flavor sense flavour sense food sense mouth sense tongue senses sensing sensing food sight sight smell small small bite smell sour subjective sweet sweet bitter sweet salty sweet sour tongue tongue action tongue and tongue buds tongue does tongue feature tongue feel tongue feeling tongue food tongue function tongue job tongue purpose tongue related tongue responsibility tongue sensation tongue sense tongues touch try try lips try mouth try sour try sweet type use use tongue using using mouth what with mouth with tongue yum yum yum yummy

Synonym Network

as you wish at will discernment hint impression optionally preference sample smack

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.