Entry Word: delicious

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 very pleasing to the sense of taste <the family sat down to a delicious Thanksgiving dinner>

Synonyms ambrosial, appetizing, delectable, flavorful, luscious, palatable, savory, scrumptious, tasty, toothsome, yummy

Related Words digestible, eatable, edible; delightful, heavenly, pleasing; agreeable, gratifying, pleasant; satisfying; choice, dainty, delicate, exquisite, rare

Near Antonyms banal, boring, commonplace, tedious; noisome, smelly, stinky; noxious, unwholesome; miserable, wretched; abhorrent, abominable, awful, detestable, disagreeable, disgusting, distasteful, foul, horrid, nauseating, offensive, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, sickening, unpleasant

Antonyms flat, flavorless, insipid, stale, tasteless, unappetizing, unpalatable

2 giving pleasure or contentment to the mind or senses <a delicious breeze gave us some relief from the tropical heat> — see pleasant