savory

savory is a 6-letter English word with 9 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Pleasing to the organs of taste or smell. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 12 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Pleasing to the organs of taste or smell.
2. noun. An aromatic labiate plant (Satureia hortensis), much used in cooking; -- also called summer savory.
3. noun. an aromatic or spicy dish served at the end of dinner or as an hors d'oeuvre

   Synonyms: savoury

4. noun. either of two aromatic herbs of the mint family

   Synonyms: savoury

5. noun. dwarf aromatic shrub of Mediterranean regions
6. noun. any of several aromatic herbs or subshrubs of the genus Satureja having spikes of flowers attractive to bees
7. adjective. pleasing to the sense of taste

   Synonyms: savoury

8. adjective. morally wholesome or acceptable

   "a past that was scarcely savory"

   Synonyms: savoury

9. adjective. having an agreeably pungent taste

   Synonyms: piquant, savoury, spicy, zesty

Synonyms

savoury, piquant, spicy, zesty

Common word forms

savorier, savories, savorily, savoriest

Words from these letters

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