Synonyms for smell

Most common

1. Scent — A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water-breathing animals…

scent, odor US, odour UK, aroma, stink, stench, fragrance, savor US, savour UK, snuff dated, pong slang informal UK IE, redolence rare, fetor rare US, foetor UK, niff informal rare

2. Flavor

flavor US, flavour UK, feel, feeling, look, spirit, tone

Other

olfaction, hum slang UK

1. Sense — to sense a smell or smells

Other

smack

n. 1
A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water-breathing animals, water) carrying airborne molecules of a substance.
I love the smell of fresh bread.
n. 2
The sense that detects odours.
v. 1
To sense a smell or smells.
Smell the milk and tell me whether it's gone off.

Word family: smell-brain smell-feast smell-o-vision smellscape smell-smock smellable smellfungus smelly
Phrases: smell out smell test smell up new baby smell newborn smell smell blindness smell fox smell trap
Is a kind of: sensation emanation exhalation

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

3 letters: hum¹
4 letters: look¹, feel¹, tone¹, odor², pong¹, niff
5 letters: sense¹, scent¹, smack¹, stink¹, aroma³, snuff¹, odour², savor², fetor
6 letters: spirit², flavor², detect², stench¹, savour, foetor
7 letters: feeling², flavour
9 letters: fragrance², olfaction, redolence

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