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savoury

savoury is the alternative form of savory.

Meaning of savory

Adjective

savory (comparative savorier, superlative savoriest)

  1. (US) Tasty, attractive to the palate.
    • The fine restaurant presented an array of savory dishes; each was delicious.
  2. (US) Either salty or spicy, but not sweet.
    • The mushrooms, meat, bread, rice, peanuts and potatoes were all good savory foods.
  3. (US) Umami.
    • The savory rabbit soup contrasted well with the sweet cucumber sandwiches with jam.
  4. (US, figuratively) Morally or ethically acceptable.
    • Readers are to be warned that quotations in this chapter contain some not so savory language.

See all 8 meanings of savory

Forms of savoury

Adjective
comparativesavourier
superlativesavouriest
Noun
pluralsavouries

Words formed from savoury

Phrases with savoury

Questions about savoury

What is savoury the alternative form of?
Savoury is the alternative form of savory.

Words near savoury in the dictionary

  1. savourly
  2. savourous
  3. savourously
  4. savours
  5. savoursome
  6. savoury
  7. savoury duck
  8. savoury ducks
  9. savoy
  10. Savoy blue
  11. Savoy cabbage

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Adapted from Wiktionary: savoury (page history and authors); savory (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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