Meaning & use
palatable
Having a pleasant enough taste to be eaten or drunk without difficulty.
See it in a sentence
The soup was bland, but at least it was palatable.
Chefs try to make hospital food more palatable for patients.
A note on using this word
'Palatable' means acceptable to the taste, while 'flavorful' means having a strong, distinct, and usually enjoyable taste; food can be palatable without being especially flavorful.
Words with a similar meaning
edibletolerable
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Words with an opposite meaning
unpalatabledistasteful
Another way to use it
2. adjective
Acceptable or agreeable, used figuratively of ideas or proposals.
The negotiators looked for a compromise that would be palatable to both sides.
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