savory
Other forms: savories; savorily
Something savory is full of flavor, delicious and tasty — usually something that someone has cooked. In the world of cuisine, savory is also often used to mean the opposite of sweet, or salty.
The easiest way to remember savory is that it rhymes with flavory — which is not a real word, but should be. Interestingly, the word unsavory — which is clearly the opposite of savory — is almost never used to describe food. If some a dish doesn't taste good, it, well, isn't good-tasting. If something is unsavory, then it's probably a person or situation that seems morally questionable. So, save savory for delicious food and save unsavory for things, people and ideas deserving of the adjective.
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pleasing to the sense of taste
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synonyms:
mouth-watering, savoury
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appetising, appetizing
appealing to or stimulating the appetite especially in appearance or aroma
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appetising, appetizing
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having an agreeably pungent taste
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an aromatic or spicy dish served at the end of dinner or as an hors d'oeuvre
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any of several aromatic herbs or subshrubs of the genus Satureja having spikes of flowers attractive to bees
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types:
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Satureia hortensis, Satureja hortensis, summer savory
erect annual herb with oval leaves and pink flowers; used to flavor e.g. meats or soups or salads; southeastern Europe and naturalized elsewhere
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Satureia montana, Satureja montana, winter savory
erect perennial subshrub having pink or white flowers and leathery leaves with a flavor of thyme; southern Europe
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type of:
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herb, herbaceous plant
a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
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Satureia hortensis, Satureja hortensis, summer savory
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either of two aromatic herbs of the mint family
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synonyms:
savoury
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types:
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summer savory, summer savoury
herb with delicately flavored leaves with many uses
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winter savory, winter savoury
resinous leaves used in stews and stuffings and meat loaf
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type of:
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herb
aromatic potherb used in cookery for its savory qualities
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summer savory, summer savoury
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dwarf aromatic shrub of Mediterranean regions
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synonyms:
Micromeria juliana
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type of:
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herb, herbaceous plant
a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
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herb, herbaceous plant
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morally wholesome or acceptable“a past that was scarcely savory”
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synonyms:
savoury
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Antonyms:
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offensive, unsavory, unsavoury
morally offensive
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odoriferous
morally offensive
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offensive, unsavory, unsavoury
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