- 1having a taste that is salty, not sweet savoury snacks What’s in the pastry? Is it sweet or savoury? Wordfindertastebitter, bland, hot, pungent, savoury, sour, spicy, sweet, tart, taste See related entries: Taste of food
- 2having a pleasant taste or smell a savoury smell from the kitchen see also unsavoury More Like This Words that look like opposites, but aren’t different/indifferent, interested/disinterested, famous/infamous, flammable/inflammable, savoury/unsavoury, sensible/insensible, valuable/invaluableSee worksheet. Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘pleasing to the sense of taste or smell’): from Old French savoure ‘tasty, fragrant’, based on Latin sapor ‘taste’.
savoury
adjectiveBrE BrE//ˈseɪvəri//; NAmE NAmE//ˈseɪvəri//
(especially US English savory) Taste of foodCheck pronunciation: savoury
