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Synonyms for stink

15 synonyms
3 antonyms
2 meanings

noun
verb

Most common

smell stench reek fetor US fuss shield beetle

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Smell — A strong bad smell

smell, stench, reek, odor US, odour UK, fetor US, foetor UK, funk, hum, honk, mephitis, malodor US, malodour UK, pong slang UK IE

Other

fuss, shield beetle

Verb

1. Suck — to be greatly inferior; to perform badly

Antonyms

rock, rule, excel

All antonyms of stink →

Definitions

n. 1
A strong bad smell.
v. 1
To be greatly inferior; to perform badly.
That movie stinks. I didn't even stay for the end.

Related words

Word family: stinkard stinkbird stinker stinko stinkpot stinkstone stinkweed stinky
Phrases: stink eye stink bean make a stink raise a stink stink out stink up stink ant stink bomb

Forms

Plural: stinks → smells, stenches, reeks, odors…

Example sentences

smell I breathed the smell of the flowers in the garden.
stench How could you possibly find this stench pleasing?
reek Tom, since you reek of alcohol, go over there!
fuss It doesn't become a gentleman to fuss over trifles.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
stink		rising
smell		rising
stench		rising
reek		rising
fetor		steady
fuss		rising

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

By length

3 letters: hum¹
4 letters: blow¹, suck¹, funk¹, fuss¹, odor², pong¹, honk¹, reek¹
5 letters: smell¹, odour², fetor
6 letters: stench¹, foetor
7 letters: malodor
8 letters: mephitis, malodour

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

In other languages

Français: puanteur
Italiano: puzza
Deutsch: Gestank