PALATABLENESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does palatableness mean? 

• PALATABLENESS (noun)
  The noun PALATABLENESS has 2 senses:

1. the property of being acceptable to the mouth

2. acceptability to the mind or feelings

  Familiarity information: PALATABLENESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PALATABLENESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The property of being acceptable to the mouth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

palatability; palatableness

Hypernyms ("palatableness" is a kind of...):

taste property (a property appreciated via the sense of taste)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "palatableness"):

tastiness (a pleasing palatability)

appetisingness; appetizingness (the property of stimulating the appetite)

Derivation:

palatable (acceptable to the taste or mind)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Acceptability to the mind or feelings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

palatability; palatableness

Context example:

the pursuit of electoral palatability

Hypernyms ("palatableness" is a kind of...):

acceptability; acceptableness (satisfactoriness by virtue of conforming to approved standards)

Derivation:

palatable (acceptable to the taste or mind)