MEANING
1. To enjoy an experience attentively and fully.
2. To notice and enjoy a flavor or aroma.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- savor a moment
- savor success
On the page
She savored the silence before opening the letter.
Nearby words
Related words
Word forms
- Base
- savor
- Past tense
- savored
- Past participle
- savored
- Present participle
- savoring
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- savor
- Present continuous
- am/is/are savoring
- Present perfect
- have/has savored
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been savoring
- Past
- savored
- Past continuous
- was/were savoring
- Past perfect
- had savored
- Past perfect continuous
- had been savoring
- Future
- will savor
- Future continuous
- will be savoring
- Future perfect
- will have savored
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been savoring
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: savor; savors; savored; savored; savoring Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, character, dialogue. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: savors.
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