- taste, taste sensation, gustatory sensation, taste perception, gustatory perception - the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus; "the candy left him with a bad taste"; "the melon had a delicious taste"
--1 is a kind of sensation, sense experience, sense impression, sense datum
--1 has particulars:relish, flavor, flavour, sapidity, savor, savour, smack, tang; sweet, sweetness, sugariness; sour, sourness, tartness; bitter, bitterness; salt, saltiness, salinity; astringency, astringence; finish