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Synonyms for taste
Synonyms for taste: appreciation, mouthful, palate, preference, tasting and try. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 6 synonyms for taste
Interchangeable with taste, one per sense
Audited under taste's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one taste carries in that sense.
- appreciationnoun, in the sense "delicate discrimination (especially of esthetic values)"
- mouthfulnoun, in the sense "a small amount eaten or drunk"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name taste as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- palatepalate is a noun in the sense "a person's sense of taste, especially as refined by experience"
- preferencepreference is a noun in the sense "a strong liking"
- tastingtasting is a noun in the sense "a kind of sensing"
- trytry is a verb in the sense "take a sample of"
The first group is filed under taste's own senses. The second reach taste from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside them is that word's.
delicate discrimination (especially of esthetic values)
Arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success.
The true synonym
appreciation
Same sentence, swapped: Arrogance and lack of appreciation contributed to his rapid success.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot taste is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- tasting
- preference
- distinction
a small amount eaten or drunk
Take a taste , you'll like it.
The true synonym
mouthful
Same sentence, swapped: Take a mouthful , you'll like it.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- appreciation
- tasting
- helping
Where taste turns up in the game
taste is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in six other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 6 puzzles where taste is the trap
- examplenoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is lesson, in the sense "punishment intended as a warning to others", so taste is there to be ruled out.
- sightverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is spy, in the sense "catch sight of", and taste is on the board beside it.
- gobbleverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is wolf, in the sense "to eat food quickly and greedily", and taste is one of the three tiles that lose.
- hearingnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is audition, in the sense "the ability to hear", with taste sitting one tile away.
Play taste
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so taste reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. taste carries 2 written reason lines, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.