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• perceive with the nose, smells

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• adj.

  • Other relevant words: (adjective)

  • state.

• n.

  •
  • improper,
  • shady,
  • unlawful,
  • clandestine,
  • unauthorized,
  • fraudulent,
  • wrongful,
  • illegal,
  • illicit,
  • unconstitutional.
  •
  • foulness,
  • keen,
  • sensation,
  • acute,
  • kinaesthetic,
  • assail,
  • uncleanness,
  • assault,
  • distinguish,
  • perception.
  •
  • go,
  • form,
  • become,
  • get,
  • appear,
  • grow,
  • detection,
  • come over,
  • be.
  •
  • predict,
  • prediction,
  • promise,
  • forecast,
  • premonition,
  • foresee,
  • prophecy,
  • foretell,
  • precognition,
  • presentiment.
  •
  • smell/stink to high heaven,
  • suggest.
  •
  • pungency,
  • Muskiness,
  • mustiness.
  •
  • catch.

  • aroma (noun)

  • bouquet.

  • biting taste or odor (noun)

  • tang.

  • bouquet (noun)

  • in censes,
  • in-censes,
  • in cense,
  • in-cense.

  • breath (noun)

  • whiff,
  • zephyr,
  • faint breeze,
  • flatus,
  • Flatuses,
  • flutter,
  • faint breezes,
  • gust,
  • sigh,
  • zephyrs.

  • effluvium (noun)

  • miasma.

  • emanation (noun)

  • effluvium.

  • feel (noun)

  • feel.

  • feeling (noun)

  • feeling.

  • fetor (noun)

  • halitosis,
  • putrefaction,
  • fetor,
  • mephitis.

  • flavor (noun)

  • flavor.

  • flavour (noun)

  • flavour.

  • foul odor (noun)

  • stench.

  • fragrance (noun)

  • redolence,
  • sachet,
  • fragrance.

  • hint, trace (noun)

  • suspicion.

  • look (noun)

  • look.

  • miasma (noun)

  • fetors,
  • foul airs,
  • mephitises,
  • foul air.

  • odor (noun)

  • exhalation,
  • fumes,
  • perfume,
  • breath,
  • malodorousness,
  • cachet,
  • trail,
  • emanation,
  • essence,
  • odor.

  • perfume (noun)

  • balminess,
  • balminesses,
  • attars,
  • eau de colognes,
  • Sweetness,
  • attar.

  • savor (noun)

  • sapidities.

  • sense (noun)

  • kinesthesia.

  • stench (noun)

  • malodors,
  • noisomenesses,
  • noisomeness.

  • tang (noun)

  • tanginess.

  • trace (noun)

  • re cords,
  • footmark,
  • footmarks,
  • re main,
  • re mains,
  • re-cords,
  • re-main,
  • re-mains,
  • nib,
  • re cord,
  • re-cord.

• v.

  • be lousy, bad (verb)

  • stink.

  • have an odor (verb)

  • reek,
  • be malodorous,
  • funk,
  • smell to high heaven.

  • inhale (verb)

  • in-hales,
  • in spires,
  • in-haled,
  • in-sufflated,
  • in sufflated,
  • in hale,
  • re spires,
  • re spire,
  • in-spiring,
  • in hales,
  • insufflates,
  • in-spired,
  • re spiring,
  • in-hale,
  • sucking in,
  • in-spires,
  • re-spire,
  • in-sufflating,
  • re-spires,
  • in spire,
  • re-spiring,
  • in sufflating,
  • in-sufflates,
  • in sufflates,
  • in-haling,
  • drawing in,
  • in spired,
  • in spiring,
  • in haling,
  • re-spired,
  • insufflating,
  • in haled,
  • sucks in,
  • draws in,
  • re spired,
  • in sufflate,
  • in-spire,
  • in-sufflate.

  • nose (verb)

  • in spect,
  • in-spect,
  • in spects,
  • busybodying,
  • in-spects.

  • Other relevant words: (verb)

  • activity,
  • perceive,
  • comprehend,
  • action,
  • scent.

  • perceive with the nose (verb)

  • breathe.

  • perception (verb)

  • smell.

  • reek (verb)

  • gives off odor,
  • wast redolent of,
  • hadst odor,
  • are permeated by,
  • hast an odor,
  • is redolent of,
  • art redolent of,
  • am permeated by,
  • has odor,
  • gives odor,
  • hadst an odor,
  • were redolent of,
  • giving odor,
  • haddest an odor,
  • have odor,
  • being permeated by,
  • hath an odor,
  • give odor,
  • are redolent of,
  • re eking,
  • is permeated by,
  • were permeated by,
  • gave odor,
  • gave off odor,
  • hath odor,
  • wert redolent of,
  • giving off odor,
  • had odor,
  • being redolent of,
  • was permeated by,
  • re-eked,
  • wert permeated by,
  • am redolent of,
  • has an odor,
  • was redolent of,
  • re eked,
  • having an odor,
  • hast odor,
  • had an odor,
  • wast permeated by,
  • re-eking,
  • haddest odor,
  • having odor,
  • art permeated by.

  • savor (verb)

  • reveled in,
  • revels in,
  • revelled in,
  • luxuriating in,
  • revelling in,
  • luxuriated in,
  • luxuriates in,
  • reveling in.

  • smell (verb)

  • exhale,
  • emanate.

  • sniff (verb)

  • Snifting,
  • snifts,
  • Snifted.

• v.n.

  • Other relevant words: (v.n.)

  • sniff.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • olfactory,
  • stink up,
  • smell up,
  • ambiance,
  • trace.
  •
  • exude,
  • palate,
  • give out,
  • aura,
  • pew.
  •
  • snuff,
  • give off.
  •
  • mood,
  • atmosphere.
  •
  • air.

  • breathe in

  • inhale.

  • find

  • discover.

  • Other relevant words:

  • draw in,
  • Sipped,
  • tasting,
  • Experiencing,
  • have an odor,
  • nose,
  • insufflated,
  • smoking,
  • Moused,
  • be redolent of,
  • Mousing,
  • stenched,
  • luxuriate in,
  • give off odor,
  • insufflate,
  • mouses,
  • stenching,
  • revel in,
  • sucked in,
  • drew in,
  • busybodied,
  • suck in,
  • be permeated by.

  • sniff

  • Snift,
  • snuffles,
  • snuffling,
  • Snuffled.

  • stink

  • be offensive,
  • be rotten,
  • be abhorrent,
  • have a bad name,
  • be no good,
  • be detestable,
  • be held in disrepute.

  • Other relevant words (noun):

  • halo,
  • rotten,
  • patina,
  • make known,
  • kick,
  • ray,
  • sensillum,
  • evocative,
  • be doubtful,
  • physical appearance,
  • smelling,
  • hear about,
  • looking at,
  • sauce,
  • rigidly,
  • truly,
  • splash,
  • toilet water,
  • most,
  • fume,
  • incense,
  • smell of,
  • five senses,
  • get wind of,
  • lineaments,
  • mannerism,
  • Sensorium,
  • life,
  • spark,
  • harshly,
  • pervade,
  • aspect,
  • sensitively,
  • get a whiff,
  • fetid,
  • looking,
  • sense of smell,
  • glimmer,
  • climate,
  • thought,
  • stride,
  • foetor,
  • olfactory sensation,
  • facial expression,
  • smattering,
  • smog,
  • pong,
  • Fetidness,
  • descry,
  • greatly,
  • very,
  • dab,
  • tonus,
  • eau de cologne,
  • spill blood,
  • find out,
  • tactile sensation,
  • ounce,
  • nose out,
  • discern,
  • austerely,
  • strictly,
  • redolent,
  • heart,
  • exhaust,
  • crumb,
  • stinking,
  • speck,
  • tinge,
  • hunt down,
  • smoke,
  • sup,
  • odoriferous,
  • spatter,
  • determine,
  • dram,
  • touch sensation,
  • cast,
  • apprehend,
  • peculiarity,
  • notorious,
  • make out,
  • rankness,
  • leaven,
  • spicy,
  • spice,
  • comment,
  • snaffle,
  • marking,
  • deeply,
  • firmly,
  • doubt,
  • intent,
  • edge,
  • shade,
  • receptor,
  • temper,
  • flavouring,
  • really,
  • permeate,
  • peanuts,
  • noisome,
  • flair,
  • opinion,
  • experience,
  • gas,
  • relish,
  • saturate,
  • sharpness,
  • olfaction,
  • pick out,
  • acridity,
  • snuffle,
  • gleam,
  • sprightliness,
  • dishonorable,
  • reminiscent,
  • path,
  • whole tone,
  • misbehave,
  • mite,
  • skosh,
  • feelingly,
  • spoor,
  • poignancy,
  • disreputable,
  • tail,
  • be warm,
  • sixth sense,
  • olfactory perception,
  • tonicity,
  • ace,
  • smelly,
  • face,
  • senses,
  • resent,
  • sip,
  • whole step,
  • sternly,
  • severely,
  • keynote,
  • Sapor,
  • spirit,
  • note,
  • be conscious of,
  • particle,
  • thwack,
  • Diffide,
  • quality,
  • sprinkling,
  • odorous,
  • highly,
  • footsteps,
  • fragrant,
  • bad odor,
  • timber,
  • driblet,
  • emit,
  • pollution,
  • savour,
  • seek,
  • smelt,
  • suspicions,
  • disembodied spirit,
  • aromatic,
  • catch a whiff of,
  • wield the sword,
  • serve,
  • respond,
  • emotionally,
  • soundly,
  • observe,
  • putrid,
  • track down,
  • ambience,
  • timbre,
  • track,
  • be sensible of,
  • dash,
  • scented,
  • vibration,
  • smell out,
  • breathe in,
  • uncertain,
  • run to earth,
  • talk shop,
  • acrid,
  • step,
  • hear,
  • infuse,
  • little,
  • belief,
  • bad smell,
  • ornament,
  • karma,
  • stink out,
  • intuitive feeling,
  • lick,
  • notion,
  • pure tone,
  • find,
  • smell bad,
  • tone of voice,
  • tactual sensation,
  • tincture,
  • smidgen,
  • mistrust,
  • be sorry,
  • perfumed,
  • peck,
  • snap,
  • purport,
  • mold,
  • hearing,
  • nip,
  • tone,
  • Photism,
  • distrust,
  • musical note,
  • identify,
  • pepper,
  • bite,
  • olfactory modality,
  • synesthesia,
  • zip,
  • malodor,
  • pace,
  • campaign,
  • chromesthesia,
  • overcharge,
  • instill,
  • tint,
  • understand,
  • extract,
  • stalk,
  • learn about,
  • taste,
  • hum,
  • strain,
  • savor,
  • acerbic,
  • mark,
  • have one’s doubts,
  • scruple,
  • emotional state,
  • sense,
  • soupcon,
  • pathetically,
  • phonism,
  • olfactory property,
  • sensory organ,
  • wake,
  • tactile property,
  • instil,
  • read,
  • suspect,
  • expression,
  • zest,
  • scintilla,
  • on the warpath,
  • burn,
  • loathsome,
  • nature,
  • piquancy,
  • tad,
  • balm,
  • sapidity,
  • idea,
  • detect,
  • footprints,
  • nimbus,
  • sense organ,
  • grimly,
  • judgment,
  • touch,
  • infiltrate,
  • sniff at,
  • compassionately,
  • solidly,
  • hint,
  • odour,
  • particularity,
  • shadow,
  • quirk,
  • fully,
  • Get A Noseful,
  • famous,
  • caustic,
  • see,
  • malodorous,
  • shred,
  • aroma,
  • penetrate,
  • sight,
  • recognize,
  • have doubts,
  • spiciness,
  • bitter,
  • spot,
  • streak,
  • espy,
  • intimation,
  • suggestion,
  • liveliness,
  • smack,
  • sympathetically,
  • appearance,
  • eftiuvium,
  • sniff out,
  • be aware of,
  • follow,
  • bit,
  • be aromatic,
  • Fragrancy,
  • foul,
  • snivel,
  • property,
  • notice,
  • impression,
  • vapour,
  • salt.

How to use «Smell» in context?

Paraphrases for Smell:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    odor, scent.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    odor, scent.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    scent.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    nose, stink.
  • Adverb
    Smells.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    stink.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    breathe, campsite, feeling, flavor, flavour, flavouring, sensation.
  • Adverb
    feeling.
  • Interjection
    sniffles.
  • Verb, past participle
    aligned, defined, felt, interpreted, understood, Meant, Referred, Contemplated, spelled.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    are, breathe, flavour.
  • Verb, base form
    breathe, sniff, snort, smeii.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    aroma, olfactory, stench, whiff.

Homophones for Smell:

• sex manual, semiannual, simile, son-in-law, samuel, 2 Samuel, seconal, simnel, seasonal, squamule, sinhala, smiley, sea animal, smile, signal, Sexagesimal, seasnail, simal, sea mile, snail, somalia, sawmill, seminal, Smalley, snow lily, small, sign manual, seismal, sgml, seminole, seamanly, sunnily, 1 Samuel, sanely, Suez Canal, smilo, samiel, seemly, somali, sesame oil, Simone Weil, Semiannually, senile, signally, smelly, samanala, sea snail.

Hypernym for Smell:

• v.

  • perception
    scent, smell, Get A Noseful, salute, get a whiff, sniff, wind, nose, reek, snuffle, stink, whiff, snuff.

Hyponym for Smell:

• v.

  • perception
    smell, cause to be perceived.

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