Synonyms for whiff

verb

noun

scent, puff, fume; see smell 1, 2.

See whiff in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II


noun

A slight amount or indication:

breath, dash, ghost, hair, hint, intimation, semblance, shade, shadow, soupçon, streak, suggestion, suspicion, taste, tinge, touch, trace, whisper. (Informal) whisker. See big, show
verb

To perceive with the olfactory sense:

nose, scent, smell, sniff, snuff. Idiom: catch (or get) a whiff of. See smells

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