Synonyms of the word

gustation

• n. The act of tasting.
• n. The ability to taste flavors; the sense of taste.

exteroception

• n. The perception of environmental stimuli acting on the body.

modality

• n. The fact of being modal.
• n. (logic) The classification of propositions on the basis on whether they claim possibility, impossibility,…
• n. (linguistics) The inflection of a verb that shows how its action is conceived by the speaker; mood.
• n. (medicine) A method of diagnosis or therapy.
• n. Any of the senses (such as sight or taste).
• n. (semiotics) A particular way in which the information is to be encoded for presentation to humans, i.e…
• n. (theology) The organization and structure of the church, as distinct from sodality or parachurch organizations.
• n. (music) The subject concerning certain diatonic scales known as musical modes.
• n. (sociology) A concept in Anthony Giddens' structuration theory.

taste

• n. One of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain chemicals (Wikipedia).
• n. (countable and uncountable) A person's implicit set of preferences, especially esthetic, though also culinary,…
• n. Personal preference; liking; predilection.
• n. (uncountable, figuratively) A small amount of experience with something that gives a sense of its quality…
• n. A kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon.
• v. (transitive) To sample the flavor of something orally.
• v. (intransitive) To have a taste; to excite a particular sensation by which flavour is distinguished.
• v. To experience.
• v. To take sparingly.
• v. To try by eating a little; to eat a small quantity of.
• v. (obsolete) To try by the touch; to handle.