Delectable

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Greatly pleasing; delightful.
  • adj. Greatly pleasing to the taste; delicious. See Synonyms at delicious.
  • n. Something delightful or delicious: a feast of home-cooked delectables.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Pleasing to the taste; delicious.
  • n. Something fitting the above description.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Highly pleasing; delightful.
  • adj. extremely pleasing to the sense of taste; same as luscious, 1.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Delightful, especially to any of the senses; highly pleasing; charming; affording great enjoyment or pleasure: as, “delectable bowers,”
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. extremely pleasing to the sense of taste
  • adj. capable of arousing desire
  • Equivalent
    tasty    desirable   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    delightful    delicious   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    appetizing    palatable    tasty    luscious    tempt    delicious    delightful    enchant    succulent    spicy