flavorous

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈfleɪvərəs/ UK /ˈfleɪvərəs/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
full of flavor; savory

The stew was rich and flavorous after hours of simmering.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · full of flavor; savory savory tasty flavorful flavorsome delicious appetizing

Opposites

bland tasteless insipidflavorless

Word family

Derived forms flavorously

Related forms flavor flavorful flavorsome

Etymology

From flavor (from Old French flaor 'smell, odor') + the adjectival suffix -ous.

flaor Old French

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# flavorous

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈfleɪvərəs/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈfleɪvərəs/

## Meanings
1. full of flavor; savory

## Examples
- The stew was rich and flavorous after hours of simmering.

## Synonyms
- savory
- tasty
- flavorful
- flavorsome
- delicious
- appetizing

## Antonyms
- bland
- tasteless
- insipid
- flavorless

## Derived Forms
- flavorously

## Related Forms
- flavor
- flavorful
- flavorsome

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: flaor

## Etymology
From flavor (from Old French flaor 'smell, odor') + the adjectival suffix -ous.

## AI Etymology
Flavorous is from flavor (from Old French flaor 'smell, odor') + the adjectival suffix -ous. Important recorded forms include flaor (Old French). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers full of flavor; savory. The wider family includes derived forms such as flavorously and related words such as flavor, flavorful, and flavorsome.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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