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taste has 21 distinct synonyms spread across 9 of its 13 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus
“the candy left him with a bad taste”
a strong liking
“my own preference is for good literature”
delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values)
“arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success”
a brief experience of something
“he got a taste of life on the wild side”
a small amount eaten or drunk
“take a taste--you'll like it”
the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth
“his cold deprived him of his sense of taste”
perceive by the sense of taste
“Can you taste the garlic?”
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for taste come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
distinguish flavors
“We tasted wines last night”
experience briefly
“The ex-slave tasted freedom shortly before she died”