n. 1 taste, flavour, zest, tang, smack, piquancy These poached peaches have a savour of brandy about them 2 hint, suggestion, odour, scent, fragrance, smell, perfume, redolence, bouquet, breath, trace, quality, soupçon, dash He preferred talking about the savour rather than the odour of sanctity, for alliteration's sake
v. 3 taste, sample, perceive, detect, sense, discern, mark, descry, observe, notice, note, identify; enjoy, luxuriate in, relish, indulge in, bask in, appreciate, revel in, delight in, value, cherish, Colloq lick or smack one's lips or chops over One could savour a trace of honey in the wine For a week we savoured the delights of the Costa Brava.