gustatory

1. 1.

   of or relating to gustation

   Synonymsgustativegustatorial

Questions about gustatory

What does gustatory mean?

gustatory means "of or relating to gustation".

How many syllables are in gustatory?

gustatory has 4 syllables: gu-sta-to-ry. The stress falls on "sta".

What is another word for gustatory?

Close synonyms include gustative, gustatorial. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is gustatory a common word?

gustatory is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.