n. 1 drop, soupçon, dash, pinch, touch, hint, suggestion, grain, trace, bit; flavour, savour, relish, tang I added just the tiniest taste of coriander to the sauce 2 sample, morsel, bite, mouthful, bite, sip, nip, swallow I had a taste of the sauce and it's superb 3 palate, desire, inclination, leaning, partiality, disposition, penchant, liking, fancy, preference, fondness, appetite, relish, stomach, tolerance She developed a taste for caviare and champagne while working in television 4 discernment, discrimination, perception, judgement, cultivation, refinement, stylishness, grace, polish, elegance Her unerring taste leads her to select only the best 5 style, mode, fashion, manner, form, design, motif The room was decorated in Moorish taste 6 decorum, discretion, tactfulness, delicacy, refinement, politesse, politeness, correctness, propriety, tastefulness Evan's taste would never allow him to say anything rude
v. 7 savour, sample, examine, try, test Taste this and see if it's too salty 8 experience, sample, know, have knowledge of, undergo, encounter, meet (with), come up against As a young man he had tasted the pleasures of Paris