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as in delicious
giving pleasure or contentment to the mind or senses the tasty prospect of getting his revenge after all those years

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How is the word tasty different from other adjectives like it?

Some common synonyms of tasty are appetizing, palatable, savory, and toothsome. While all these words mean "agreeable or pleasant especially to the sense of taste," tasty implies a pronounced taste.

a tart and tasty pie

When can appetizing be used instead of tasty?

The meanings of appetizing and tasty largely overlap; however, appetizing suggests a whetting of the appetite and applies to aroma and appearance as well as taste.

appetizing hors d'oeuvres

Where would palatable be a reasonable alternative to tasty?

The words palatable and tasty can be used in similar contexts, but palatable often applies to something that is found to be merely agreeable.

butterflies that birds find palatable

In what contexts can savory take the place of tasty?

While in some cases nearly identical to tasty, savory applies to both taste and aroma and suggests piquancy and often spiciness.

dumplings with savory fillings

When is it sensible to use toothsome instead of tasty?

In some situations, the words toothsome and tasty are roughly equivalent. However, toothsome stresses the notion of agreeableness and sometimes implies tenderness or daintiness.

an enticing array of toothsome desserts

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Recent Examples of tasty Gourmands celebrated their dry fruit as the world’s tastiest variety of chestnut. Eric J. Wallace, Outside, 24 Oct. 2025 Make a tasty salad dressing with pomegranate juice, rice vinegar, oil, garlic powder, and a bit of honey. Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 23 Oct. 2025 Enjoy cider donuts, farm-to-table bites and other tasty treats available for purchase at The Market. Katie Nixon, Nashville Tennessean, 22 Oct. 2025 The fatty ground pork that makes the spreadable salume such a tasty topping for pizza and pasta melts when it is heated up in a pan, blooming the Calabrian chile in the sausage’s own fat. Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tasty
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tasty
Adjective
  • But harness a touch of Scotland’s inimitable peat, and the Rob Roy really steps into its own, the vermouth offering sweetness to the scotch’s smoke, their interplay both delicious and unique.
    Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Greet guests with a warm welcome, a house drink, and a few delicious appetizers.
    Nellah Bailey McGough, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Friday will be a pleasant day with the high temperature near 60 degrees, however, temperatures will quickly dip in the evening after the sun sets, the forecast shows.
    Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 31 Oct. 2025
  • The 32-gram chocolate and vanilla were both pleasant, with no strange aftertaste or texture—just make sure to give them a really good shake before taking your first sip.
    Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Head coach Dave Canales answered to the Panthers’ imperfect and confusingly delightful day on Sunday in his postgame press conference.
    Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Grant is wickedly delightful, rightfully becoming one of the rare actors in a horror movie to gain awards traction, receiving nominations at the Golden Globes, Critics Choice Awards, and BAFTAs.
    Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • This could make eating more enjoyable, leading to eating more.
    Merve Ceylan, Health, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Taking pictures can actually make an experience more enjoyable and more lasting.
    Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • For thousands of years, families in China have celebrated Qingming after the spring equinox, cleaning and decorating their ancestor’s graves and offering plates of sweet dumplings.
    Rocío Muñoz-Ledo, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Maybe Nat’s new life was also a work of art, in some strange, sweet, conceptual sense.
    James Marcus, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • As the conversation turned to Haliburton, Antetokounmpo challenged Turner to say three nice things about his former All-Star point guard.
    Darnell Mayberry, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Even the fact that Refiberd doesn’t need a lot of financing to keep itself afloat because of the nature of its technology is a nice bit of happenstance.
    Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 31 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • As a bonus, macroscopes can also be aesthetically pleasing and fun to experience.
    Big Think, Big Think, 27 Oct. 2025
  • But there is some pleasing difference-splitting going on here, as sound goes.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • In the end, though, its offbeat approach doesn’t quite pull together enough to make a lasting impression, or even a fully satisfying diversion.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 31 Oct. 2025
  • But there was no satisfying answer to the problem of the art.
    Amy Weiss-Meyer, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2025

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“Tasty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tasty. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.

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