SMELL - 39 Synonyms and Antonyms - Cambridge English

Synonyms and antonyms of smell in English

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A SMELL

What's that terrible smell?

Synonyms and examples

aroma
The delicious aroma of fresh bread wafted out of the bakery.
fragrance
I adore the delicate fragrance of roses.
perfume
The perfume of the flowers filled the room.
scent
She smelled the sweet scent of the lilies.
odour
UK formal
There was the unmistakable odour of sweaty feet.
stench
The wharfs were thick with the stench of rotting fish.
reek
informal
The reek of cigarettes filled the theatre.
stink
informal
There was a bad stink in the kitchen.
pong
UK informal humorous
Ugh, what a pong!
whiff
He leaned towards me and I got a whiff of garlic.
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A smell is a particular characteristic of a person or thing that you notice by using your nose.
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smell | American Thesaurus

smell

verb
These are words and phrases related to smell. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of smell.
We smelled the stew out in the hallway.
The room smells of incense.
This cheese smells!.
I smell something funny about that plan.

smell

noun
I love the smell of wisteria. A putrid smell drove us from the room.
Synonyms for smell from Random House Roget's College Thesaurus, Revised and Updated Edition © 2000 Random House, Inc.

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