The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - taste n.

1) drop, soup‡on, 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.