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Delectable

Highly pleasing; delightful.

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Desirable 84% connected

Worthy of desire or longing; fitted to excite desire or a wish to possess; pleasing; agreeable.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Desirable 84% connected

Worthy of desire or longing; fitted to excite desire or a wish to possess; pleasing; agreeable.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Tasty 84% connected

Having a good taste; -- applied to persons; as, a tasty woman. See Taste, n., 5.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Tasty 84% connected

Having a good taste; -- applied to persons; as, a tasty woman. See Taste, n., 5.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Delicious 92% connected

Affording exquisite pleasure; delightful; most sweet or grateful to the senses, especially to the taste; charming.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Luscious 92% connected

Sweet; delicious; very grateful to the taste; toothsome; excessively sweet or rich.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Scrumptious 92% connected

Nice; particular; fastidious; excellent; fine.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Toothsome 92% connected

Grateful to the taste; palatable.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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