Synonyms for odorous
- adjective
Most common
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Malodorous
malodorous, sweet-smelling, fragrant, perfumed, scented, sweet-scented, sweet, aromatic, redolent, ambrosial, savory US, savoury UK, odoriferous, balmy
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Having a distinctive odor.
The table was piled with odorous lilies.
Related words
- Phrases
- odorous house ant
Example sentences
- fragrant That flower is fragrant. I didn't pick it, however.
- perfumed The scent of pine needles perfumed the forest air.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| odorous | falling | |
| fragrant | rising | |
| perfumed | rising | |
| malodorous | steady | |
| odorant | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- sweet1, balmy2
- 6 letters
- savory3
- 7 letters
- scented2, savoury, odorant3
- 8 letters
- aromatic4, fragrant2, perfumed2, redolent3
- 9 letters
- ambrosial3
- 10 letters
- malodorous
- 11 letters
- odoriferous
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (balmy2 = 2 syllables).