TASTED

The sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus

Example: "The candy left him with a bad taste"

• gustatory perception
• gustatory sensation
• taste perception
• taste sensation

• aesthesis  12
• esthesis  11
• sensation  9
• sense datum
• sense experience
• sense impression

• flavor  12
• flavour  13
• nip  5
• relish  9
• • sapidity  14
  • savor  8
  • savour  9
  • smack  13
  • tang  5
  • sugariness  11
  • sweet  8
  • sweetness  12
  • sour  4
  • sourness  8
  • tartness  8
  • bitter  8
  • bitterness  12
  • salinity  11
  • salt  4
  • saltiness  9
  • astringence  14
  • astringency  17
  • finish  12
  • flatness  11
  • mellowness  15
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A strong liking

Example: "My own preference is for good literature"

• penchant  15
• predilection  17
• preference  17

• liking  11

• acquired taste
• weakness  15

Delicate discrimination (especially of esthetic values)

Example: "Arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success"

• appreciation  18
• discernment  16
• perceptiveness  23

• discrimination  19
• secernment  14

• connoisseurship  22
• vertu  8
• virtu  8
• style  8
• • trend  6
  • vogue  9
  • delicacy  16
  • discretion  13
  • culture  9
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A brief experience of something

Example: "He got a taste of life on the wild side"

A small amount eaten or drunk

Example: "Take a taste--you'll like it"

• mouthful  16

• small indefinite amount
• small indefinite quantity

• bit  5
• bite  6
• morsel  8
• sup  5
• • swallow  13
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The faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth

Example: "His cold deprived him of his sense of taste"

• gustation  10
• gustatory modality
• sense of taste

A kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds

Example: "A wine tasting"

• tasting  8