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Definition: Savorless |
SavorlessAdjective1. Lacking taste or flavor or tang; "a bland diet"; "insipid hospital food"; "flavorless supermarket tomatoes"; "vapid beer"; "vapid tea". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "savorless" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1878. (references) |
Synonyms: SavorlessSynonyms: bland (adj), flat (adj), flavorless (adj), flavourless (adj), insipid (adj), savourless (adj), vapid (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Insipidity | Adjective: bland, void of taste; insipid; tasteless, gustless, savorless; ingustible, mawkish, milk and water, weak, stale, flat, vapid, fade, wishy-washy, mild; untasted. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Language | Translations for "savorless"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i pashije (dowdy, drab, flavorless, flavourless, frumpish, gaudy, inelegant, insipid, mawkish, rococo, savourless). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مسيخ (savourless, tasteless, vapid), لا طعم له (insipid, savourless, tasteless), خالي من النكهة (savourless, tame). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | безвкусен (conspicuous, flavorless, flavourless, gaudy, gingerbread, insipid, meretricious, savourless, tasteless, tawdry, tinsel, twopence colored, twopence coloured, unpalatable, unsavory, unsavoury, vapid, watery, wishy washy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | bez chuti (tasteless, unsavory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ανούσιοσ (flat, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, jejune, milk and water, namby-pamby, tasteless, unpalatable, unsavory, unsavoury, vapid, zestless). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | avorlesssay sem graça (clumsy, flatly, graceless, ill-favored, ill-favoured, milker, muzzy, platitudinous, savourless, tubby, uncomely, unshapely, unsightly), insosso (milk and water, savourless, wishy washy), insípido (flat, flavorless, flavourless, frigidity, halfback, insipid, jejune, mawseed, milk and water, muzzy, pointless, sapless, savourless, stale, tasteless, uninspired, vapid, washy, watery, wishy washy). (various references) sãlciu (brackish, savourless). (various references) пресный (bland, flavorless, flavourless, fresh, savourless, sweet, tasteless, unleavened, vapid). (various references) bezukusan (flavorless, flavourless, savourless, tasteless), bezmirisan (flavorless, flavourless, savourless). (various references) soso (dull, flavorless, flavourless, halfbaked, insipid, namby-pamby, savourless, tasteless, tastelessly, troubled, undistinctive, undynamic, washy, wishy washy). (various references) smaklös (bland, flat, in bad taste, indelicate, insipid, savourless, tasteless, tawdry, vapid). (various references) tatsız tuzsuz (insipid, jaded, saltless, savourless), tatsız (arid, chippy, disagreeable, distasteful, dull, dusty, flat, flavorless, flavourless, frail, insipid, milk and water, objectionable, queasy, savourless, sticky, tame, tasteless, ugly, unamusing, uncomfortable, uncongenial, ungracious, unpalatable, unpleasant, unsweetened, unwelcome, vapid, watery), lezzetsiz (flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savourless, tasteless, unsavory, unsavoury, vapid). (various references) прісний (savourless). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Savorless" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: savourless, Savrola. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "savorless" (pronounced 'Sa"vor*less'): Accentless, Actionless, Actless, Afflictionless, Ageless, Aidless, Aimless, Airless, Aisless, Ambitionless, Anchorless, Answerless, Approachless, Apronless, Armless, Artless, Assistless, Authorless, Avoidless, Awless, Awnless, Backless, Badgeless, Barkless, Baseless, Bashless, Bateless, Beaconless, Beamless, Beardless, Beautiless, Beneficeless, Birthless, Bitless, Blameless, Blemishless, Bless, Blissless, Bloodless, Bloomless, Blossomless, Blotless, Blushless, Boastless, Bodiless, Boneless, Bonnetless, Bookless, Bootless, Boteless, Bottomless, Boundless, Bournless, Bowelless, Bowless, Bractless, Bragless, Brainless, Branchless, Breadless, Breadthless, Breathless, Breezeless, Bribeless, Bridgeless, Briefless, Brimless, Browless, Bushless, Careless, Carpetless, Chaffless, Chainless, Changeless, Chapeless, Chapless, Characterless, Chargeless, Charmless, Chartless, Checkless, Cheerless, Chiefless, Christless, Churchless, Claimless, Clankless, Clawless, Clerkless, Cloudless, Cloyless, Coatless, Coffinless, Colorless, Combless, Comfortless, Companionless, Compassless, Compunctionless, Conceitless, Confineless, Conscienceless, Constabless, Contentless, Corruptless, Costless, Couchless, Countless, Craftless, Cratureless, Creedless, Crestless, Crimeless, Crownless, Cubless, Cultureless, Curbless, Curdless, Cureless, Cushionless, Dangerless, Dateless, Dauntless, Deathless, Debtless, Deceitless, Decreaseless, Deedless, Defenseless, Delightless, Denseless, Depthless, Desertless, Designless, Desireless, Devoutless, Dewless, Dimensionless, Dinnerless, Discipless, Diskless, Disputeless, Distrustless, Divorceless, Dogeless, Doorless, Dowerless, Dreamless, Driftless, Drinkless, Drossless, Ductless, Dureless, Dustless, Eagless, Earless, Easeless, Echoless, Edgeless, Effectless, Effortless, Endless, Eventless, Exampleless, Exampless, Exceptionless, Exceptless, Excuseless, Exhaustless, Expenseless, Expressionless, Extremeless, Eyeless, Fadeless, Faithless, Fameless, Fanciless, Fangless, Fashionless, Fatherless, Fathomless, Faultless, Favorless, Fearless, Featherless, Featureless, Feckless, Feetless, Fellowless, Fenceless, Fetterless, Fineless, Finiteless, Finless, Fireless, Firmless, Flameless, flawless, Fleckless, Fleeceless, Fleshless, Floorless, flowerless, foamless, Fogless, Foldless, foodless, footless, forceless, Fordless, Forkless, formless, Fortuneless, Foundationless, Fountainless, Fraudless, Freightless, frictionless, FRIENDLESS, Frightless, Fringeless, Frockless, Frontless, Frostless, Frothless, Frounceless, fruitless, Fumeless, Functionless, Funuless, futureless, Gainless, Gameless, Gardenless, Garlandless, Gateless, Gaudless, Genderless, Germless, Gestureless, Ghostless, Glebeless, godless, Goldless, Goodless, graceless, Grammarless, Grapeless, Graspless, grassless, Graveless, Griefless, groundless, Guardianless, Guardless, Guerdonless, Guideless, guileless, guiltless, Gustless, hairless, Hammer-less, handless, hapless, Harborless, harmless, Harvestless, hatless, Haveless, Hazeless, headless, Healthless, heartless, heatless, Hedgeless, heedless, Heelless, Heirless, Helmless, helpless, Herbless, Hingeless, Hireless, Hiveless, homeless, Honeyless, Honorless, Hoodless, Hoofless, hopeless, hornless, Horseless, Hostless, HOUSELESS, hueless, humorless, Humpless, Hurtless, Husbandless, Idealess, Imageless, Importless, Impressionless, Irresistless, Issueless, Itchless, Jointless, Jointureless, joyless, juiceless, Kindless, Kingless, Knightless, Knotless, Laborless, Lampless, landless, Languageless, Laughterless, lawless, leafless, Leaveless, legless, Letterless, lidless, lifeless, lightless, limbless, limitless, lipless, listless, Lockless, lossless, loveless, luckless, Lungless, Lustless, Makeless, Manageless, Maneless, Manless, Marrowless, masterless, matchless, mateless, Matterless, measureless, meatless, merciless, Mightless, mindless, mirthless, Mistrustless, Moistless, Moistureless, moneyless, moonless, motherless, motionless, motiveless, Mouthless, Moveless, Museless, Nailless, Nameless, Napless, Nathless, Natureless, Needless, nerveless, Nevertheless, Nightless, Nimbless, Noiseless, Noseless, Noteless, Numberless, Numbless, Oarless, Objectless, Odorless, Offenseless, Opposeless, Orderless, Ownerless, Painless, Paintless, Palpless, Paneless, Pangless, Parallelless, Parentless, Passionless, Passless, Pastorless, Pastureless, Pathless, Patronless, Peaceless, Peerless. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-l-o-r-s-s-s-v" | |
-1 letter: lassoers. | |
-2 letters: lassoer, lassoes, lessors, oarless, rassles, salvers, salvoes, salvors, saroses, serosal, serosas, servals, slavers, solvers. | |
-3 letters: lasers, lasses, lassos, lavers, lessor, loaves, losers, losses, lovers, rassle, ravels, salver, salves, salvor, salvos, savers, savors, selvas, serosa, serval, servos, slaver, slaves, soaves, solver, solves, sorels, valors, valses, velars, versal, versos. | |
-4 letters: aloes, arles, arose, arses, arvos, asses, avers, earls, laevo, lares, laser, lases, lasso, laver, laves, lears, loess, lores, loser, loses, lover, loves, oases, oaves, orals, orles, ovals, overs, rales, rases, ravel, raves, reals, roles, roses, roves, sales, salve, salvo, saros, saver, saves, savor, seals, sears, selva, seral, servo, slave, sloes, soars, soave, solar, soles, solve, soras, sorel, sores, vales, valor, valse, vases, veals, velar, verso, volar, voles. | |
-5 letters: aero, ales, aloe, also, ares, arse, arvo, aver, aves, avos, earl, ears, eras, eros, lars, lase, lass, lave, lavs, lear, leas, less, leva, levo, lore, lose, loss, love, oars, olea, oles, oral, ores, orle, osar, oses, ossa, oval, over, rale, rase, rave, real, revs, roes, role, rose, rove, sale, sals, sass, save, seal, sear, seas, sels, sera, sers, sloe, soar, sola, sole, sols, sora, sore, vale, vars, vase, veal, vela, vera, voes, vole. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-l-o-r-s-s-s-v" | |
+4 letters: marvelousness. | |
+5 letters: chivalrousness, overclassifies, provablenesses. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 61 76 6F 72 6C 65 73 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... .- ...- --- .-. .-.. . ... ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100001 01110110 01101111 01110010 01101100 01100101 01110011 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S a v o r l e s s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0061 0076 006F 0072 006C 0065 0073 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)536788818478718585 |
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