saltish

1 6.5

Tastes slightly salty but not strong

adjective
/ˈsɔltɪʃ/

: salado

The soup had a saltish flavor that made it more enjoyable.

Examples

She preferred the saltish crackers over the sweet ones at the party.
Walls, stairways, floors, furniture, all suffused with a saltish bloom which one can actually see rising, more and more in flower with the passing of each year.

Fiction book (1997)
Some fish can be saltish, adding a unique taste to dishes.

Synonyms

salty

vssaltish

79 1.0

Tasting of salt, like sea water or chips

indicates a milder mineral taste rather than strong flavor

briny

vssaltish

7 6.4

Tastes slightly salty like sea water

focuses on mild taste without any sea association

saline

vssaltish

7 4.6

That contains salt, like sea water

is an everyday mild taste description for products

brackish

vssaltish

5 7.2

Slightly salty water that forms when sea water mixes with fresh water

applies to mild tasting character beyond water examples

salty-ish

vssaltish

Informal

7.0

Having a light taste of salt

is the neutral adjective meaning somewhat seasoned in taste

Antonyms

bland

22 2.0

Food that has a very weak taste and little or no strong flavor

tasteless

11 2.6

Having little or no flavor when you eat it

How Salty

briny

7 6.4

salty

79 1.0

saltish

1 6.5

saltless

1 3.4

Surface Forms

saltish positive

Morphology

saltish = salt (transparent) = salt + ish

Formed by adding productive adjectival suffix '-ish' to 'salt', yielding the easily guessable meaning 'somewhat salty'.

Etymology

Saltish comes from salt meaning 'salt' and the ending -ish meaning 'somewhat' or 'like', as in greenish. So saltish means 'somewhat salty'.