savor

savor

verb

Definition of SAVOR

1

to make more pleasant to the taste by adding something intensely flavored <cuisine that has been generously savored with southern India's rich array of spices>

Synonyms flavor, lace, savor (also savour), spice

Related Words enhance, enrich, sauce; pepper, salt; aromatize, perfume

2

to take pleasure in <as a terminal cancer patient, she's vowed to savor every moment of the time she has left>

Synonyms adore, delight (in), dig, fancy, get off (on), groove (on), like, love, rejoice (in), relish, revel (in), savor (also savour)

Related Words admire, appreciate, cherish, revere, venerate, worship; prize, treasure, value; devour, drink (in), eat (up), feast (on); dote (on), idolize; cotton (to), favor, prefer; indulge (in), luxuriate (in), wallow (in)

Near Antonyms abhor, abominate, detest, dislike, hate, loathe; condemn, despise, scorn

Variants of SAVOR

savor also savour