Synonyms of the word

zest

• n. The outer skin of a citrus fruit, used as a flavouring or garnish.
• n. (by extension) Enthusiasm; keen enjoyment; relish; gusto.
• n. The woody, thick skin enclosing the kernel of a walnut.
• v. (cooking) To scrape the zest from a fruit.
• v. To make more zesty.

enjoyment

• n. (uncountable) The condition of enjoying anything.
• n. (uncountable) An enjoyable state of mind.
• n. (countable) An activity that gives pleasure.
• n. (law) The exercise of a legal right.

enthusiasm

• n. (obsolete or historical) Possession by a god; divine inspiration or frenzy.
• n. Intensity of feeling; excited interest or eagerness.
• n. Something in which one is keenly interested.

flavor

• n. American standard spelling of flavour.
• v. American standard spelling of flavour.

flavour

• n. The quality produced by the sensation of taste or, especially, of taste and smell in combined effect.
• n. A substance used to produce a taste. Flavouring.
• n. A variety (of taste) attributed to an object.
• n. The characteristic quality of something.
• n. (informal) A kind or type.
• n. (physics) One of the six types of quarks (top, bottom, strange, charmed, up, and down) or three types…
• n. (archaic) The quality produced by the sensation of smell; odour; fragrance.
• v. (transitive) To add flavouring to something.

gusto

• n. enthusiasm; enjoyment, vigor.

nip

• n. A small quantity of something edible or a potable liquor.
• n. (vulgar) A nipple, usually of a woman.
• v. To catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or…
• v. To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.
• v. To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.
• v. To annoy, as by nipping.
• v. To taunt.
• v. (Scotland, Northern England) To squeeze or pinch.
• n. A playful bite.
• n. A pinch with the nails or teeth.
• n. Briskly cold weather.
• n. A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching.
• n. A small cut, or a cutting off the end.
• n. A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.
• n. A biting sarcasm; a taunt.
• n. (nautical) A short turn in a rope.
• n. (papermaking) The place of intersection where one roll touches another.
• n. (historical slang) A pickpocket.
• v. To make a quick, short journey or errand, usually a round trip.

piquance

• n. piquancy; having a piquant taste.

piquancy

• n. The degree to which something is piquant, stimulating or exciting.

piquantness

• n. The quality of being piquant.

relish

• n. A pleasing taste; flavor that gratifies the palate; hence, enjoyable quality; power of pleasing.
• n. Savor; quality; characteristic tinge.
• n. A taste for; liking; appetite; fondness.
• n. That which is used to impart a flavor; specifically, something taken with food to render it more palatable…
• n. A cooked or pickled sauce, usually made with vegetables or fruits, generally used as a condiment.
• n. In a wooden frame, the projection or shoulder at the side of, or around, a tenon, on a tenoned piece.
• n. Something that is greatly liked or savoured.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To taste; to have a specified taste or flavour.
• v. (transitive) To give a relish to; to cause to taste agreeable, to make appetizing.
• v. (transitive) To taste or eat with pleasure, to like the flavor of.
• v. (transitive) to take great pleasure in.
• v. (transitive) to look forward to.

season

• n. Each of the four divisions of a year: spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter.
• n. A part of a year when something particular happens.
• n. (obsolete) That which gives relish; seasoning.
• n. (cricket) The period over which a series of Test matches are played.
• n. (Canada, US, broadcasting) A group of episodes of a television or radio program broadcast in regular intervals…
• n. (obsolete) An extended, undefined period of time.
• v. (transitive) To flavour food with spices, herbs or salt.
• v. (transitive) To make fit for any use by time or habit; to habituate; to accustom; to inure.
• v. (transitive) Hence, to prepare by drying or hardening, or removal of natural juices.
• v. (intransitive) To become mature; to grow fit for use; to become adapted to a climate.
• v. (intransitive) To become dry and hard, by the escape of the natural juices, or by being penetrated with…
• v. (obsolete) To copulate with; to impregnate.

spice

• n. (countable, uncountable) Plant matter (usually dried) used to season or flavour food.
• n. (figuratively, uncountable) Appeal, interest; an attribute that makes something appealing, interesting,…
• n. (uncountable, Yorkshire) Sweets, candy.
• n. (obsolete) Species; kind.
• v. (transitive) To add spice or spices to.
• n. (nonce word) plural of spouse.

spicery

• n. Spices, in general.
• n. (archaic) A repository of spices.

spiciness

• n. The property of being spicy.

tang

• n. (obsolete) tongue.
• n. A refreshingly sharp aroma or flavor.
• n. A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself.
• n. (figuratively) A sharp, specific flavor or tinge.
• n. A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part.
• n. The part of a knife, fork, file, or other small instrument, which is inserted into the handle.
• n. The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock.
• n. The part of a sword blade to which the handle is fastened.
• n. Anything resembling a tongue in form or position such as the tongue of a buckle.
• n. A group of saltwater fish from the Acanthuridae family, especially the Zebrasoma genus, also known as…
• n. A sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang.
• v. (dated, beekeeping) To strike two metal objects together loudly in order to persuade a swarm of honeybees…
• v. To make a ringing sound; to ring.
• n. (rare) knotted wrack, Ascophyllum nodosum (coarse blackish seaweed).
• n. (vulgar slang) The vagina.
• n. (vulgar slang) intercourse with a woman.

tanginess

• n. The quality or state of being tangy.

zestfulness

• n. State or condition of being zestful or enthusiastic.