Scrabble & Words with friends points
- tastes is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 6
- tastes is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 6
- tastes is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 6
Definition of tastes
- a strong liking (noun)
Synonyms
- penchant
- predilection
- preference
- the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth (noun)
Examples
- his cold deprived him of his sense of taste
Synonyms
- gustation
- gustatory modality
- sense of taste
- a small amount eaten or drunk (noun)
Examples
- take a taste--you'll like it
Synonyms
- mouthful
- take a sample of (verb)
Synonyms
- sample
- try
- try out
- the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus (noun)
Examples
- the candy left him with a bad taste
- the melon had a delicious taste
Synonyms
- gustatory perception
- gustatory sensation
- taste perception
- taste sensation
- delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values) (noun)
Examples
- arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success
- to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste
Synonyms
- appreciation
- discernment
- perceptiveness
- have a distinctive or characteristic taste (verb)
Examples
- This tastes of nutmeg
Synonyms
- smack
- have flavor; taste of something (verb)
Synonyms
- savor
- savour
- a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds (noun)
Synonyms
- tasting
- a brief experience of something (noun)
Examples
- he got a taste of life on the wild side
- she enjoyed her brief taste of independence
- distinguish flavors (verb)
Examples
- We tasted wines last night
- experience briefly (verb)
Examples
- The ex-slave tasted freedom shortly before she died
- perceive by the sense of taste (verb)
Examples
- Can you taste the garlic?
See definition of tastes in Merriam Webster