Palatable

Definition: Palatable

Palatable

Adjective

1. Acceptable to the taste or mind; "palatable food"; "a palatable solution to the problem".

Date "palatable" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1726. (references)

Note: Palatable \Pal"a*ta*ble\, adjective. [From Palate.]. (Websters 1913)

Antonym: unpalatable (adj). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Pain	Refreshing; comfortable; cordial; genial; glad, gladsome; sweet, delectable, nice, dainty; delicate, delicious; dulcet; luscious; palatable; luxurious, voluptuous; sensual.
Savoriness	Render palatable. Adjective:
	Adjective: savory, delicious, tasty, well-tasted, to one's taste, good, palatable, nice, dainty, delectable; toothful, toothsome; gustful, appetizing, lickerish, delicate, exquisite, rich, luscious, ambrosial, scrumptious, delightful.
Taste	Adjective: sapid, saporific; gustable, gustatory; gustful; strong, gamy; palatable .
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Palatable

English words defined with "palatable": Clitocybe robusta, Clytocybe alba, cultivated parsnip ♦ Disrelish ♦ palatably, Palative. (references)

Specialty definitions using "palatable": BAIT ♦ Palatable Water, Potable ♦ Stolen Things are Sweet, Strike breaker ♦ Wheat. (references)

Etymologies containing "palatable": Palative. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	So you see, girls, I don't want to change the intent of the poster, I just want to make it more palatable. You know what they say, a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. (Daria; writing credit: Glenn Eichler; Peggy Nicoll)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Palatable Poison (reference) Simple Palatable Pleasures from Big Mama's Kitchen (reference) (more book examples)
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	Scott & Bowne's Palatable Castor Oil. / Wemple & Co., New York.Credit: National Library of Medicine.		Scott & Bowne's Palatable Castor Oil. / Wemple & Co., New York.Credit: National Library of Medicine.
	Palatable Physic / William Heath.Credit: National Library of Medicine.
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Title	Author	Quote
Walden	Thoreau, Henry David	I tasted them out of compliment to Nature, though they were scarcely palatable.
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Development of improved, more palatable, and less expensive bile-acid sequestrants also is needed. (references)
		It may be better to emphasize the use of foods rich in complex carbohydrates that don't use butter, margarine, or cream sauce to make them palatable. (references)
		Furthermore, high fiber diets may be less palatable, may require substantial changes in traditional eating patterns, may have effects on other nutrients, and may be contraindicated in patients with autonomic neuropathy. (references)
Business		In addition, these industrial benefits make procurement more politically palatable. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	BAIT, n. A preparation that renders the hook more palatable. The best kind is beauty.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Palatable" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Palatable" is used about 135 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	135	27,360

Expression using "palatable": render palatable. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "palatable"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		i shijshëm (appetizing, delicate, delicious, enjoyable, goluptious, luscious, nutty, sapid, Savory, savoury, scrumptious, succulent, tasteful, tasty, toothsome, yummy), i pëlqyeshëm (congenial, likable, likeable, pleasurable), i këndshëm (agreeable, beauteous, beautiful, delectable, delicious, dreamy, dulcet, entertaining, funny, good, good humoured, good tempered, good-humored, goodly, graceful, gracious, grateful, handsome, jocose, jocund, jolly, likable, likeable, lovely, nice, piquant, pleasant, pretty, Savory, savoury, smooth, soft, sweet, sympathetic). (various references)

Arabic		‏يمكن أكله, ‏لذيذ (dainty, delectable, delicious, delightful, flavorful, flavourful, good, nice, pleasant, sapid, savory, sweet, sympathetic, tasteful, tasty, toothsome, unique, yummy), ‏سائغ (agreeable, dulcet, pleasant, savory, savoury). (various references)

Bulgarian		вкусен (dainty, goluptious, nutty, sapid, savoury, succulent, sweet, tasty, yummy), апетитен (appetizing, foxy, lickerish, savoury, toothsome), приятен (acceptable, agreeable, cheerful, clever, companionable, cozy, darling, easy, engaging, enjoyable, good, gracious, grateful, groovy, jocund, jolly, likable, likeable, likely, luscious, merry, musical, nice, nice-looking, not unwelcome, pleasant, pleasing, pretty, refreshing, rose colored, rose coloured, sapid, satisfying, savoury, soft, sweet, sympathetic, toothsome, welcome), пивък (light, mellow, smooth, suave). (various references)

Chinese		美味 (Dainties, Dainty, flavorful, flavourful, relish, savory, savoury, yummy). (various references)

Czech		přijatelný (acceptable, pervious, plausible, satisfactory, tolerable, within reason), stravitelný (digestible), chutný (appetizing, dainty, delicious, drinkable, good, sapid, Savory, scrumptious, tasteful, tasty, toothsome). (various references)

Danish		velsmagende (sapid), smagelig (sapid), appetitvækkende. (various references)

Dutch		smakelijk (sapid, tasty), eetlust opwekkend (appetizing). (various references)

Farsi		مطبوع به ذاءقه , لذیذ (Delectable, Luscious, Pleasurable, Toothsome, Yummy), خوش طعم (Smacker, Tasty), دلپذیر (Amiable, Graceful, Gracious, Handsome, Kindly, Lief, Lovely, Luscious, Mellow, Melodious, Nice, Scrumptious). (various references)

Finnish		maittava (appetizing, sapid). (various references)

French		savoureux. (various references)

German		schmackhaft (appetizing, delicate, palatably, sapid, Savory, savoury, tasty, toothsomely), wohlschmeckend. (various references)

Greek		γευστικός (gustatory, tasty), γευστική τροφή (sapid), νόστιμοσ (comely, dainty, nice, pretty, racy, relishable, savorous, savoury, toothsome, zest), εύγεστη τροφή (sapid), εύγευστοσ (luscious). (various references)

Hebrew		טעים (delectable, savoury, succulent, tasteful, tasty, toothsome). (various references)

Hungarian		ízletes (delicate, savory, savoury, tasteful, tasty, toothsome), kellemes (affable, agreeable, benign, bland, comfortable, comfy, congenial, cushy, dainty, debonair, delectable, delicate, dulcet, engaging, enjoyable, fine, genial, glad, grateful, harmonious, likable, lovely, nice, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, refined, soft, suave, sweet, to elate, welcome). (various references)

Indonesian		lezat (delicious), cocok (acceptable, agree, appropriate, apt, befit, come true, compatible, corespond, correct, jibe, like, pin, suit, suitable, tally). (various references)

Italian		appetitoso (appetising, appetizing, attractive, mouthwatering, sapid, tempting). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		口に合う (to be palatable, to suit one's taste). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		くちにあう (to be palatable, to suit one's taste). (various references)

Korean		맛있은 (Delicious). (various references)

Pig Latin		alatablepay.(various references)

Portuguese		palestra (causerie, chitchat, collogue, lecture, palette, talk, visit), saboroso (dainty, delicious, flavoring, flavouring, luscious, nice, palatal, sapid, Savory, savoury, tasteful, tasty, toothsome, yummy), gostoso (delicious, lickerish, tasty, toothsome, yummy), apetecível. (various references)

Romanian		plãcut la gust (mellow, Savory, savoury), pasabil (passable, passably), gustos (appetizing, dainty, fruity, peckish, relishing, sapid, Savory, savoury, tasty, toothsome), delicios (charming, dainty, darling, delicate, delicious, luscious, Savory, savoury), acceptabil (acceptable, acceptably, admissible, agreeable, allowable, eligible, fair, fairly, livable, passable, passably, plausible, possible, reasonable, satisfactory). (various references)

Russian		вкусный (appetizing, goluptious, sapid, savoury, tasty, toothsome, yummy). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		ukusan (appetizing, delicious, lickerish, luscious, sapid, savory, savoury, tasteful, tasty, toothsome, yummy). (various references)

Spanish		sabroso (fruity, juicy, rich, sapid, saporous, Savory, savoury, spicy, tasteful, tasty, toothsome, zestful). (various references)

Swedish		smaklig (appetizing, delicate, flavorous, nice, sapid, tasty), välsmakande (appetizing, delicious, flavorous, sapid, Savory, savoury, tasty). (various references)

Turkish		makbul (acceptable, accepted, agreeable, far out, grateful, o.k., ok, okay), lezzetli (dainty, delicate, delicious, goluptious, luscious, sapid, Savory, savoury, succulent, tasteful, tasty, toothsome, yummy, zestful), hoşa giden (likable, likeable, pleasing, pleasurable). (various references)

Ukranian		смачний (appetizing, dainty, gusty, nice, nutty, sapid, savoury, tasteful, tasty, toothsome, yummy, yum-yum), при�"мний (acceptable, agreeable, amiable, balmy, beautiful, boon, canny, clean-cut, complimentary, couth, cozy, cushy, delectable, dulcet, easy, enjoyable, glad, good, goodly, graceful, grateful, jocund, kindly, lepid, nice, nutty, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, prepossessing, pretty, redolent, satisfactory, tasty, welcome, yummy). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "palatable": palatableness, palatablenesses. (additional references)
	Words ending with "palatable": unpalatable. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Palatable" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Alatalo, palapable, palateable, palatible, paletable, palettable, palitable, pallatable, palletable, pallitable, paltable, platable, platalea, pleadable, pulsatile. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "palatable" (pronounced pa"lutubul)
9	p a" l u t u b u l	unpalatable.
6	-u t u b u l	attributable, charitable, creditable, disreputable, equitable, forfeitable, habitable, heritable, imitable, indomitable, inequitable, inevitable, inheritable, inhospitable, inimitable, irritable, marketable, profitable, reputable, uninhabitable, unprofitable, veritable.
5	-t u b u l	acceptable, accountable, adaptable, adjustable, adoptable, collectible, comfortable, compatible, constable, contemptible, contestable, convertible, copyrightable, countable, debatable, deductible, delectable, detectable, digestible, discountable, eatable, electable, excitable, exportable, forgettable, harvestable, hospitable, immutable, imperceptible, implantable, incompatible, incontrovertible, indestructible, indisputable, inexhaustible, inflatable, injectable, inscrutable, insupportable, insurmountable, interruptible, intractable, investable, irrefutable, irresistible, lamentable, nonconvertible, nondeductible, notable, patentable, perceptible, portable, potable, predictable, presentable, preventable, printable, prosecutable, quotable, redoubtable, regrettable, rentable, repeatable, reportable, resettable, respectable, retractable, suggestible, suitable, supportable, susceptible, tractable, transmittable, transportable, treatable, unacceptable, unaccountable, unbeatable, uncollectible, uncomfortable, undetectable, unelectable, unforgettable, unpredictable, unprintable, unsuitable, unsupportable, vegetable.
4	-u b u l	abominable, accessible, achievable, actionable, addressable, admirable, admissible, adorable, advisable, affable, affordable, agreeable, allowable, amenable, amendable, amiable, amicable, analyzable, answerable, appealable, applicable, appreciable, approachable, approvable, arable, arguable, attainable, audible, available, avoidable, bankable, bearable, believable, billable, biodegradable, breakable, buildable, burnable, callable, cannibal, capable, changeable, chargeable, classifiable, collapsible, Combinable, commendable, communicable, comparable, compensable, comprehensible, conceivable, confirmable, considerable, consumable, controllable, credible, crucible, culpable, curable, defensible, definable, degradable, deliverable, demonstrable, dependable, deplorable, deployable, depreciable, describable, desirable, despicable, detachable, determinable, developable, disagreeable, discernible, discoverable, dishonorable, dispensable, disposable, distinguishable, divisible, doable, drinkable, drivable, durable, edible, eligible, Embraceable, employable, enforceable, enjoyable, enviable, equable, erasable, erodible, estimable, exchangeable, excludable, excusable, execrable, exercisable, expandable, expendable, explainable, extendable, extendible, fallible, fashionable, fathomable, favorable, feasible, fissionable, fixable, flammable, flexible, forcible, foreseeable, forgivable, formidable, fungible, fusible, gullible, hon, honorable, horrible, identifiable, illegible, imaginable, immiscible, immovable, impassable, impeachable, impeccable, impenetrable, impermissible, implacable, implausible, imponderable, impossible, impracticable, impregnable, impressionable, improbable, inaccessible, inadmissible, inadvisable, inalienable, inapplicable, inaudible, incalculable, incapable, incomparable, incomprehensible, incompressible, inconceivable, incorrigible, incredible, incurable, indefatigable, indefensible, indefinable, indelible, indescribable, indispensable, indistinguishable, indivisible, inedible, ineffable, ineligible, inescapable, inexcusable, inexorable, inexplicable, infallible, infeasible, inflammable, inflexible, innumerable, inoperable, insatiable, inseparable, insoluble, insufferable, intangible, intelligible, interchangeable, interminable, intolerable, invaluable, invincible, inviolable, invisible, invulnerable, irascible, irreconcilable, irremediable, irreparable, irreplaceable, irrepressible, irresponsible, irreversible, irrevocable, issuable, justifiable, knowledgeable, laudable, laughable, leasable, legible, liable, likable, likeable, livable, lovable, malleable, manageable, mandible, maneuverable, measurable, memorable, microwavable, miscible, miserable, moldable, movable, navigable, negligible, negotiable, noncallable, nondurable, nonrefundable, nonrenewable, nontaxable, nontransferable, noticeable, objectionable, observable, obtainable, operable, ostensible, palpable, parable, passable, payable, peaceable, perishable, permeable, permissible, personable, persuadable, pitiable, plausible, pleasurable, pliable, possible, practicable, preferable, probable, programmable, provable, punishable, questionable, reachable, readable, realizable, reasonable, receivable, rechargeable, recognizable, recordable, recoverable, recyclable, redeemable, reducible, refundable, reliable, remarkable, removable, renewable, repairable, repayable, replaceable, reprehensible, resealable, responsible, returnable, reusable, reversible, revocable, ridable, salable, saleable, salvageable, seasonable, sensible, serviceable, sizable, sizeable, sociable, soluble, solvable, spendable, submersible, survivable, sustainable, syllable, talkable, tangible, taxable, teachable, tenable, terrible, tolerable, traceable, tradable, tradeable, trainable, transferable, transferrable, tunable, typeable, unaffordable, unalienable, unalterable, unanswerable, unassailable, unattainable, unavailable, unavoidable, unbearable, unbelievable, unbuildable, unconscionable, uncontrollable, undeniable, understandable, undesirable, unemployable, unenforceable, unenviable, unexplainable, unfashionable, unfathomable, unfavorable, unfeasible, unflappable, unforeseeable, unforgivable, ungovernable, unimaginable, unimpeachable, uninsurable, unintelligible, unjustifiable, unknowable, unlivable, unmanageable, unmentionable, unmistakable, unobtainable, unquestionable, unreachable, unreadable, unreasonable, unrecognizable, unreliable, unremarkable, unsalable, unshakable, unsinkable, unsolvable, unspeakable, unstoppable, unsustainable, untenable, unthinkable, untouchable, untraceable, unusable, unverifiable, unwinnable, unworkable, usable, variable, venerable, verifiable, viable, visible, voluble, vulnerable, washable, wearable, winnable, workable.
3	-b u l	able, amble, assemble, babble, Babel, bauble, bible, bramble, bubble, Bumble, cable, cobble, coble, corbel, crumble, cymbal, dabble, Dibble, disable, disassemble, dissemble, double, Drabble, dribble, enable, enfeeble, ennoble, ensemble, fable, feeble, foible, fumble, gable, gamble, Garble, global, gobble, Gribble, grumble, hardscrabble, herbal, hobble, humble, ignoble, immeasurable, immobile, intertribal, jumble, kibble, label, libel, marble, mislabel, mobile, mumble, nibble, nimble, noble, nonverbal, pebble, preamble, psychobabble, quibble, rabble, ramble, reassemble, rebel, redouble, relabel, resemble, Roble, rouble, roundtable, rubble, Ruble, rumble, sable, Scrabble, scramble, scribble, shamble, Sibyl, squabble, Stabile, stable, stubble, stumble, symbol, table, thimble, timetable, treble, tremble, tribal, trouble, tubal, tumble, turntable, umbel, unable, unscramble, unserviceable, unstable, valuable, verbal, wamble, wobble.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-a-b-e-l-l-p-t"
	-2 letters: palatal, patella.
	-3 letters: ablate, albata, atabal, balata, ballet, paella, palate, paleal, pallet.
	-4 letters: abate, alate, blate, bleat, label, lapel, leapt, lepta, palea, palet, petal, plate, pleat, tabla, table, tepal.
	-5 letters: abet, able, alae, alba, atap, baal, bale, ball, bate, beat, bell, belt, beta, blae, blat, blet, late, leal, leap, lept, pale, pall, pate, peal, peat, pelt, plat, plea, pleb, tael, tala, tale, tall, tapa, tape, teal, tela, tell, tepa.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-a-b-e-l-l-p-t"
	+2 letters: unpalatable.
	+3 letters: alphabetical.
	+4 letters: appealability, manipulatable, palatableness.
	+5 letters: alphabetically, palatabilities, paleobotanical, transplantable.
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