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Foundation level · Year 4 · free

tasty

adjective · Say it: TAY-stee

What it means

Foundation

having a nice flavour that is good to eat

Mum made a tasty chocolate cake for my tenth birthday party.

Similar and opposite words

Synonyms (similar meaning)

  • appetising
  • delicious
  • flavoursome
  • yummy

Antonyms (opposite meaning)

  • bland
  • disgusting
  • tasteless

More examples

  • The fish and chips we bought at the seaside were really tasty.

Where the word comes from

From the word 'taste', which comes from Old French 'taster'.

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