Another word for smell
smell
n.
A pleasant smell
fragrance, odor, scent, perfume, exhalation, redolence, essence, aroma, bouquet, trail, trace, emanation.
An unpleasant smell
malodor, stench, fetidness, stink, mephitis, mustiness, rancidity, effluvium, foulness, reek, uncleanness, fume.
The sense of smell
smelling, detection, olfactory perception, nasal sensory power, olfactory sensitivity, olfaction, response to olfactory stimuli.
smell is the most general word for any quality perceived through the olfactory sense foul and fresh smells; scent refers to the emanation from the thing smelled, often implying that it can be discriminated only by a sensitive sense of smell the scent of a hunted animal; odor suggests a heavier emanation and, therefore, one that is more generally perceptible and more clearly recognizable chemical odors; aroma suggests a pervasive, pleasant, often sharp odor the aroma of fine tobacco
smell
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Another word for smell
To perceive with the olfactory sense:
nose, scent, sniff, snuff, whiff. Idiom: catch (or get) a whiff of. See smellsTo have or give off a foul odor:
reek, stink. Idiom: smell to high heaven. See smellsTo have a particular flavor or suggestion of something:
savor, smack2, suggest, taste. See suggest
The sense by which odors are perceived:
nose, olfaction, scent. See smellsThe quality of something that may be perceived by the olfactory sense:
aroma, odor, scent. See smellsA general impression produced by a predominant quality or characteristic:
air, ambiance, atmosphere, aura, feel, feeling, mood, tone. See be
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