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variants:
also savoury
Synonyms & Antonyms of savory
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1
having a pleasant smell
- cedar is one of the most savory of all woods
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2
very pleasing to the sense of taste
- a savory beef stew that really hit the spot
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- distasteful,
- flat,
- flavorless,
- insipid,
- stale,
- tasteless,
- unappetizing,
- unpalatable,
- unsavory,
- yucky
- (also yukky)
3
giving pleasure or contentment to the mind or senses
- having to fire someone was not a task that the manager found at all savory
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- agreeable,
- blessed
- (also blest),
- congenial,
- darling,
- delectable,
- delicious,
- delightful,
- delightsome,
- dreamy,
- dulcet,
- enjoyable,
- felicitous,
- good,
- grateful,
- gratifying,
- heavenly,
- jolly,
- luscious,
- nice,
- palatable,
- pleasant,
- pleasing,
- pleasurable,
- pretty,
- satisfying,
- sweet,
- tasty,
- welcome
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- bilious,
- disgusting,
- distasteful,
- obnoxious,
- offensive,
- repellent
- (also repellant),
- repugnant,
- repulsive,
- revulsive,
- unsavory,
- vile,
- yucky
- (also yukky)
- depressing,
- disheartening,
- dismal,
- dreary,
- gloomy,
- heartbreaking,
- heartrending,
- joyless,
- lachrymose,
- sad,
- unhappy
- deplorable,
- doleful,
- dolorous,
- lamentable,
- lugubrious,
- mournful,
- regrettable,
- sorrowful,
- tragic
- (also tragical)
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4
sharp and pleasantly stimulating to the mind or senses
- a savory new book on a subject that seemingly had been done to death
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The first known use of savory was in the 13th century
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