savor(n = noun.cognition) flavor, flavour, nip, relish, sapidity, savour, smack, tang - the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth;
is a kind of gustatory perception, gustatory sensation, taste, taste perception, taste sensation
has particulars: lemon, vanilla
Derived forms verb savor₄, verb savor₂

1.  savor(v = verb.emotion) bask, enjoy, relish, savour - derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in; "She relished her fame and basked in her glory"
Sample sentences: Sam and Sue savor the movie

2.  savor(v = verb.perception) savour, taste - have flavor; taste of something;
Derived form noun savor₁
Sample sentences: Something ----s; Something ----s Adjective/Noun

3.  savor(v = verb.perception) savour - taste appreciatively; "savor the soup"
is one way to taste
Derived form noun savoring₁
Sample sentences: The chefs savor the vegetables

4.  savor(v = verb.perception) savour - give taste to;
is one way to flavor, flavour, season
Derived form noun savor₁
Sample sentences: The chefs savor the vegetables

1.  That property of a thing which affects the organs of taste or smell; taste and odor; flavor; relish; scent; as, the savor of an orange or a rose; an ill savor. [1913 Webster]
"I smell sweet savors and I feel soft things." [1913 Webster]

2.  Hence, specific flavor or quality; characteristic property; distinctive temper, tinge, taint, and the like. [1913 Webster]
"Why is not my life a continual joy, and the savor of heaven perpetually upon my spirit?" [1913 Webster]

3.  Sense of smell; power to scent, or trace by scent. Herbert. [1913 Webster]

4.  Pleasure; delight; attractiveness. [1913 Webster]
"She shall no savor have therein but lite." [1913 Webster]

1.  To have a particular smell or taste; -- with of. [1913 Webster]

2.  To partake of the quality or nature; to indicate the presence or influence; to smack; -- with of. [1913 Webster]
"This savors not much of distraction." [1913 Webster]
"I have rejected everything that savors of party." [1913 Webster]

3.  To use the sense of taste. [1913 Webster]
"By sight, hearing, smelling, tasting or savoring, and feeling." [1913 Webster]

1.  To perceive by the smell or the taste; hence, to perceive; to note. B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]

2.  To have the flavor or quality of; to indicate the presence of. [1913 Webster]
"That cuts us off from hope, and savors only
Rancor and pride, impatience and despite." [1913 Webster]

3.  To taste or smell with pleasure; to delight in; to relish; to like; to favor. Shak. [1913 Webster]

savor, US var. of SAVOUR.

N  taste, good taste, refined taste, cultivated taste, delicacy, refinement, fine feeling, gust, gusto, tact, finesse, nicety, to prepon, polish, elegance, grace, judgment, discernment, dilettantism, dilettanteism, virtu, fine art, culture, cultivation, aesthetics, man of taste, connoisseur, judge, critic, conoscente, virtuoso, amateur, dilettante, Aristarchus, Corinthian, arbiter elegantiarum, stagirite, euphemist, caviare to the general, in good taste, cute, tasteful, tasty, unaffected, pure, chaste, classical, attic, cultivated, refined, dainty, esthetic, aesthetic, artistic, elegant, euphemistic, to one's taste, to one's mind, after one's fancy, comme il faut, tire a quatre epingles, elegantly, nihil tetigit quod non ornavit, chacun a son gout, oculi pictura tenentur aures cantibus, taste, flavor, gust, gusto, savor, gout, relish, sapor, sapidity, twang, smack, smatch, aftertaste, tang, tasting, degustation, gustation, palate, tongue, tooth, stomach, sapid, saporific, gustable, gustatory, gustful, strong, gamy, palatable.

VB  appreciate, judge, criticise, discriminate, taste, savor, smatch, smack, flavor, twang, tickle the palate, smack the lips.