savour

1. 1.

   the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth

   Synonymsrelishflavorflavoursapiditysavorsmackniptang

   Broadertaste

   Narrowerlemonvanilla

Other forms of savour

plural

savours·

past tense

savoured·

present participle

savouring·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about savour

What does savour mean?

savour means "have flavor; taste of something". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in savour?

savour has 2 syllables: sa-vour. The stress falls on "vour".

What is another word for savour?

Close synonyms include taste, savor, savor, savor, enjoy. 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 savour a common word?

savour is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.