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Synonyms for fetor

  • noun
  • American English

Most common

smell stink stench reek

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    An unpleasant smell.

Related words

Phrases
fetor oris
Other spellings
foetor UK fœtor

Forms

Plural
fetors → stinks, stenches, smells, odors…

Example sentences

  • smell I breathed the smell of the flowers in the garden.
  • stink Guests are like fish - after three days they stink.
  • stench How could you possibly find this stench pleasing?
  • reek Tom, since you reek of alcohol, go over there!

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
fetorsteady
smellrising
stinkrising
stenchrising
reekrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
odor2, reek1
5 letters
smell1, stink1, odour2
6 letters
stench1
7 letters
malodor
8 letters
mephitis, malodour

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (odor2 = 2 syllables).