Synonyms for scent
- noun
- verb
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Fragrance — A distinctive smell
fragrance, smell, perfume, aroma, incense, bouquet, essence, savor US, savour UK, redolence, nosegay, balminess, whiff, fragrancy, odor dated US, odour UK
2. Cologne — A substance (usually liquid) created to provide a pleasant smell
Verb
1. Detect — to have a suspicion of; to detect the possibility of (something)
Definitions
- n. 1
A distinctive smell.
to breathe in / inhale a scent
- n. 2
A substance (usually liquid) created to provide a pleasant smell.
- v. 1
To have a suspicion of; to detect the possibility of (something).
I scented trouble when I saw them running down the hill towards me.
- v. 2
To detect the scent of; to discern by the sense of smell.
The hounds scented the fox in the woods.
Related words
- Word family
- scented scentless scentmaker scentscape scentable
- Phrases
- scent out scent hound
Example sentences
- smell I breathed the smell of the flowers in the garden.
- perfume Tom thinks women in America wear too much perfume.
- fragrance John thought Mary knew Tom was a fragrance chemist.
- aroma The aroma of the wine was intoxicating to Adriano.
- hint Tom gets angry at the slightest hint of criticism.
By length
- 4 letters
- wind1, nose1, hint1, odor2
- 5 letters
- sense1, touch1, smell1, trace1, sniff1, aroma3, whiff1, snuff1, savor2, odour2
- 6 letters
- detect2, savour, embalm2
- 7 letters
- essence2, perfume2, cologne2, bouquet2, incense2, discern2, vestige2, nosegay, odorize, odorise
- 8 letters
- perceive2
- 9 letters
- fragrance2, olfaction, redolence, balminess, fragrancy, aromatize, aromatise
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (odor2 = 2 syllables).