taste, esp. the distinctive taste of something as it is experienced in the mouth.

a substance or extract that provides a particular taste; flavoring.

the characteristic quality of a thing

He captured the flavor of the experience in his book.

a particular quality noticeable in a thing

language with a strong nautical flavor.

Physics . any of the six labels given to the distinct kinds of quark

up, down, strange, charm, bottom, and top.

Archaic . smell, odor, or aroma.

to give flavor to (something).

adjective

flat , bland , vapid , tasteless , insipid , unsavory , arid , aseptic , colorless , drab , dry , earthbound , lackluster , lifeless , lusterless , matter-of-fact , pedestrian , prosaic , spiritless , sterile , stodgy , unimaginative , uninspired , dull , savorless , stale , unpalatable