savory applies to both taste and aroma and suggests piquancy and often spiciness.

SAVORY meaning: 1 : having a pleasant taste or smell; 2 : having a spicy or salty quality without being sweet

If you say that something is not savory, you mean that it is not pleasant or socially acceptable:

Something savory is full of flavor, delicious and tasty — usually something that someone has cooked. In the world of cuisine, savory is also often used to mean the opposite of sweet, or salty.

SAVORY definition: having a salty, spicy, or piquant flavor; not sweet. See examples of savory used in a sentence.

SAVORY definition: 1. US spelling of savoury 2. a plant of the mint family, used in cooking as a herb: 3. Savory food…. Learn more.

Summer savory (Satureja hortensis) is among the best known of the savory genus. It is an annual, but otherwise is similar in use and flavor to the perennial winter savory. It is used more often …

1. Appetizing to the taste or smell: a savory stew. 2. Piquant, pungent, or salty to the taste; not sweet. 3. Morally respectable; inoffensive: a past that was scarcely savory.

Dec 25, 2025 · Adjective savory (comparative savorier, superlative savoriest) (American spelling) Tasty, attractive to the palate.

Definition of savory adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.