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Synonyms for odor

  • noun
  • American English

Most common

smell scent stink stench fume emanation effluvium

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Smell — any smell, whether fragrant or offensive

smell, scent, stink, stench, perfume, fragrance, flavor US, flavour UK, essence, savor US, savour UK, redolence, fetor US, foetor UK, reek, bouquet

2. Esteem

esteem, repute

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Any smell, whether fragrant or offensive.

  2. n. 2

    A strong, pervasive quality.

Related words

Word family
odorize odorless odorous odourscape
Phrases
fish odor syndrome
Other spellings
odour UK

Forms

Plural
odors → smells, scents, stinks, stenches…

Example sentences

  • smell I breathed the smell of the flowers in the garden.
  • scent It seems like the cat caught the scent of a mouse.
  • stink Guests are like fish - after three days they stink.
  • stench How could you possibly find this stench pleasing?
  • fume Don't just sit there and fume. Tell me what's wrong.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
odorsteady
smellrising
scentrising
stinkrising
stenchrising
fumefalling

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

By length

4 letters
reek1, fume1
5 letters
smell1, trail1, scent1, stink1, savor2, fetor
6 letters
flavor2, esteem2, stench1, savour, repute2, foetor
7 letters
essence2, perfume2, flavour, bouquet2
9 letters
fragrance2, emanation4, effluvium, redolence

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (savor2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
odeur
Italiano
odore
Español
olor
Deutsch
Geruch
Català
olor