taste: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 5 letter points · starts with T · ends with E
Meaning of taste
noun
- countable, uncountable
One of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain chemicals; the quality of giving this sensation.
Example: He had a strange taste in his mouth.
- countable, uncountable
The sense that consists in the perception and interpretation of this sensation.
Example: His taste was impaired by an illness.
- countable, uncountable
A small sample of food, drink, or recreational drugs.
- countable, uncountable
A person's implicit set of preferences, especially esthetic, though also culinary, sartorial, etc.
Example: Dr. Parker has good taste in wine.
Listed forms: tastes, tast.
Source: Wiktionary — taste.
verb
- transitive
To sample the flavor of something orally.
- copulative, intransitive
To have a taste; to excite a particular sensation by which flavor is distinguished.
Example: The chicken tasted great, but the milk tasted like garlic.
- transitive
To identify (a flavor) by sampling something orally.
Example: I can definitely taste the marzipan in this cake.
- figuratively, transitive
To experience.
Example: I tasted in her arms the delights of paradise.
Listed forms: tastes, tasting, tasted, tast.
Source: Wiktionary — taste.
adj
- Internet, alt-of, deliberate, misspelling, not-comparable
Deliberate misspelling of tasty.
Base or related entry: tasty.
Listed forms: tast.
Source: Wiktionary — taste.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for taste.
noun
the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus
- taste sensation
- gustatory sensation
- taste perception
- gustatory perception
noun
a strong liking
noun
delicate discrimination (especially of esthetic values)
noun
a small amount eaten or drunk
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is taste in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of taste
T(1) + A(1) + S(1) + T(1) + E(1) = 5 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of taste
3 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from taste
30 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in taste. Showing up to 24, longest first.