Antonyms for savor

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : sey-ver

Phonetic Transcription : ˈseɪ vər

Definition of savor

Origin : mid-13c., from Old French savor "flavor, taste; sauce, seasoning; delight, pleasure," from Latin saporem (nominative sapor) "taste, flavor," related to sapere "to have a flavor" (see sapient).

noun taste, flavor
noun distinctive quality
verb delight in, enjoy

Example sentences :

It was well that the attic should be cleaned, though the savor of the task was gone.
Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown

It held within it all the savor of a happy past; it satisfied her hungry soul.
Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown

He is the salt of the earth, and if the salt lose its savor, wherewith shall it be salted?
Extract from : « Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence » by Various

Confusedly the savor of Abel's sacrifice was sweet to His nostrils, not Cain's fruits.
Extract from : « Greener Than You Think » by Ward Moore

She abandoned herself to the savor of it, the girl forgotten.
Extract from : « Country Neighbors » by Alice Brown

Nor is there any savor of treachery in the government thus biding its time.
Extract from : « The Indian Question (1874) » by Francis A. Walker

There was quantity in meats, breads, vegetables—and there was also savor.
Extract from : « The Brown Mouse » by Herbert Quick

So long as there are things to disagree about, marriage will not lose its savor.
Extract from : « Jewel Weed » by Alice Ames Winter

Such philosophy had always seemed to him to savor dangerously of anarchism.
Extract from : « The Freelands » by John Galsworthy

Then, mingled with the incense of the night, she caught the savor of woodsmoke.
Extract from : « The Freelands » by John Galsworthy

Synonyms for savor

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