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Adjective: tasty (tastier,tastiest)  tey-stee
  1. Pleasing to the sense of taste
    "a tasty morsel"
     
  2. [US, informal] Having, showing or conforming to good taste
    - tasteful
     
  3. [Brit, informal] Sexually attractive
    "our new lecturer is tasty";
    - sexy [informal], lush [Brit, informal], hot [informal], dishy [Brit, informal], smoking [informal], yummy [informal]
     
  4. [Brit, informal] Appealing, impressive
    "grab a tasty bargain"

Derived forms: tastiest, tastier

See also: acid-tasting, acrid, aesthetic, ambrosial, ambrosian, appetising [Brit], appetizing, appreciation, artistic, babelicious [N. Amer, informal], beddable [informal], bitter, bitterish, bittersweet, bootylicious [US, informal], choice, dainty, delectable, delicious, delish [informal], discernment, elegant, esthetic [US], finger-licking [informal], flavorful [US], flavorous, flavorsome [US], flavourful [Brit, Cdn], flavoursome [Brit, Cdn], foxy [informal], fruity, full-bodied, gingery, grapey, grapy, hot, hunky [informal], juicy [informal], lip-smacking [informal], luscious, mild-tasting, minty, nectareous, nectarous, nippy [informal], nutlike, nutty, palatable, peppery, perceptiveness, piquant, pleasant-tasting, pungent, racy, red-hot [informal], rich, robust, salt, salty, sapid, saporous, savory [US], savoury [Brit, Cdn], scrummy [Brit, informal], scrumptious, semisweet, sharp-tasting, smokey, smoky, sour, sour-tasting, spicy, strong-flavored [US], strong-flavoured [Brit, Cdn], sweet, taste, taste property, toothsome, understated, unostentatious, unpretentious, voluptuous, winey, winy, yummy [informal], zesty

Antonym: tasteless

Encyclopedia: Tasty