TASTY (tastier, tastiest)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tasty mean? 

• TASTY (adjective)
  The adjective TASTY has 1 sense:

1. pleasing to the sense of taste

  Familiarity information: TASTY used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TASTY (adjective)

Meaning:

Pleasing to the sense of taste

Similar:

acid-tasting; sour-tasting (having a sour acidic taste)

ambrosial; ambrosian; nectarous (extremely pleasing to the taste; sweet and fragrant)

bitter (one of the four basic taste sensations; sharp and disagreeable; like the taste of quinine)

bitterish; sharp-tasting (somewhat bitter)

bittersweet; semisweet (having a taste that is a mixture of bitterness and sweetness)

choice (appealing to refined taste)

dainty (especially pleasing to the taste)

delectable; delicious; luscious; pleasant-tasting; scrumptious; toothsome; yummy (extremely pleasing to the sense of taste)

flavorful; flavorous; flavorsome; flavourful; flavourous; flavoursome; sapid; saporous (full of flavor)

fruity (tasting or smelling richly of or as of fruit)

full-bodied; racy; rich; robust (marked by richness and fullness of flavor)

peppery (having the piquant burning taste of peppers)

gingery (having a taste like that of ginger)

hot (being very spicy)

grapey; grapy (having a taste like that of grapes)

mild-tasting (having a mild taste)

nippy (a sharp biting taste)

nutlike; nutty (having the flavor of nuts)

piquant; savory; savoury; spicy; zesty (having an agreeably pungent taste)

acrid; pungent (strong and sharp)

salt; salty (one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of sea water)

smoky (tasting of smoke)

sour (one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons)

strong-flavored (having a strong taste)

winey; winy (having the taste of wine)

Also:

appetising; appetizing (appealing to or stimulating the appetite especially in appearance or aroma)

salty (containing or filled with salt)

palatable; toothsome (acceptable to the taste or mind)

sweet (having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar)

sour (having a sharp biting taste)

Attribute:

taste property (a property appreciated via the sense of taste)

Antonym:

tasteless (lacking flavor)