relish

Meaning

Noun

1. A pleasant taste.
2. Enjoyment; pleasure.
3. A quality or characteristic tinge.
4. A taste (for); liking (of); fondness.
5. A cooked or pickled sauce, usually made with vegetables or fruits, generally used as a condiment.
6. In a wooden frame, the projection or shoulder at the side of, or around, a tenon, on a tenoned piece.
7. Something that is greatly liked or savoured.

Verb

1. To taste or eat with pleasure, to like the flavor of
2. To take great pleasure in.
3. (obsolete) To taste; to have a specified taste or flavour.
4. To give a taste to; to cause to taste nice, to make appetizing.
5. (obsolete) To give pleasure.

Synonyms

taste

savor

savour

enjoy

condiment

flavour

zest

flavor

seasoning

flavouring

smack

gusto

tang

spice

delight in

pleasure

like

sauce

liking

ardour

delicacy

spiciness

bask

tinge

luxuriate

desire

nip

odor

flavoring

zeal

zestfulness

appreciation

eagerness

enjoyment

inclination

sapidity

enthusiasm

scent

propensity

push

raciness

savoriness

savouriness

seasoner

sweetness

sympathies

sympathy

take pleasure in

tidbit

titbit

trace

vigor

warmheartedness

warmth

be entertained

be pleased with

flavourer

hors d’oeuvre

philia

show a liking for

take delight

drinking snack

affection

take pleasure

enjoy eating

have a flavor

intellectual relish

toothsomeness

savor

affectionateness

savour

alacrity

appetizer

ardor

attraction

avocation

bias

care for

cockscomb

curry

🍛

daintiness

delight

dressing

drive

excitement

feast

fervor

fervour

flavorer

garnish

gustation

heart

❤️

hobby

impatience

indulge

interest

joy

😂

keenness

lusciousness

lust

moxie

orientation

palatability

palatableness

palate

pay attention to

penchant

piquancy

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹɛl.ɪʃ/

Etymology

Alteration of reles (“scent, taste, aftertaste”), from Old French relais, reles (“something remaining, that which is left behind”), from relaisser (“to leave behind”).