Antonyms for smell
smɛlsmell

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1. smellnoun

   To sense a smell or smells.

   I love the smell of fresh bread.

   Synonyms:
   detect, sense

Matched Categories

1. • Atmosphere
   • Cause To Be Perceived
   • Perceive
   • Smell
   • Suggest

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. smell, odor, odour, olfactory sensation, olfactory perceptionnoun

   the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form

   "she loved the smell of roses"

   Synonyms:
   olfactory sensation, olfactory property, flavour, feel, feeling, flavor, look, olfaction, spirit, sense of smell, aroma, odour, scent, smelling, tone, odor, olfactory modality, olfactory perception

2. olfactory property, smell, aroma, odor, odour, scentnoun

   any property detected by the olfactory system

   Synonyms:
   olfactory property, flavour, olfaction, feel, feeling, flavor, look, odor, spirit, sense of smell, fragrance, olfactory sensation, aroma, odour, perfume, scent, smelling, tone, olfactory modality, olfactory perception

3. spirit, tone, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smellnoun

   the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people

   "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason"

   Synonyms:
   looking at, pure tone, touch, tactile property, life, timber, look, olfactory perception, timbre, sprightliness, step, tone of voice, olfactory property, aspect, disembodied spirit, savor, feel, quality, tactile sensation, whole tone, impression, touch sensation, scent, aroma, savour, opinion, belief, olfactory sensation, sense of smell, facial expression, odour, shade, spirit, emotional state, tonicity, tone, sapidity, whole step, olfaction, flavour, heart, smack, tang, olfactory modality, odor, tonus, tincture, intent, feeling, tactual sensation, expression, notion, intuitive feeling, purport, relish, looking, flavor, face, musical note, liveliness, smelling, tint, note

4. smell, sense of smell, olfaction, olfactory modalitynoun

   the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents

   Synonyms:
   olfactory sensation, olfactory property, flavour, feel, feeling, flavor, look, olfaction, spirit, sense of smell, aroma, odour, scent, smelling, tone, odor, olfactory modality, olfactory perception

5. smell, smellingverb

   the act of perceiving the odor of something

   Synonyms:
   olfactory sensation, olfactory property, flavour, feel, feeling, flavor, look, olfaction, spirit, sense of smell, aroma, odour, scent, smelling, tone, odor, olfactory modality, olfactory perception

6. smellverb

   inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense

   Synonyms:
   smack, sense, smell out, reek

7. smellverb

   emit an odor

   "The soup smells good"

   Synonyms:
   smack, sense, smell out, reek

8. smellverb

   smell bad

   "He rarely washes, and he smells"

   Synonyms:
   smack, sense, smell out, reek

9. smack, reek, smellverb

   have an element suggestive (of something)

   "his speeches smacked of racism"; "this passage smells of plagiarism"

   Synonyms:
   smack, smell out, sense, thwack, stink, fume, taste, peck, reek

10. smell, smell out, senseverb

    become aware of not through the senses but instinctively

    "I sense his hostility"; "i smell trouble"; "smell out corruption"

    Synonyms:
    scent out, smack, smell out, sense, nose out, sniff out, reek, feel

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. smellnoun

   Antonyms:
   inodorousness, scentlessness, anosmia

   Synonyms:
   olfaction, odor, savor, scent, (sweet smell) fragrance, aroma, perfume, redolence, (offensive smell) stink, fetor, stench

   Associated words:
   olfactory, reek, fume, perfume, inodorous, malodorous, odoriferous, odorous, osphresiology, osphretic, odorless, deodorize, deodorization, emanation, effluvium, sniff, whiff, disinfect, disinfection, unsavory, savory

2. smellverb

   Synonyms:
   scent, savor, stink

How to use smell in a sentence?

1. Wladimir Balentien:

   The smell was unbearable.

2. Andy Cohen:

   I was sick with covid quite early on. My symptoms were a slight headache, tightness of the chest and I lost all taste and smell!

3. Noah Oronas:

   We were barbecuing the other day and Azeneth Rodriguez was like,' What is that smell, that burn smell ?' and I was like,' What is wrong ?' And he just said,' I smell that smoky smell -- and that's the way we were in the classroom.'.

4. Animal Control Warden Jason Pound:

   I could smell it and could tell that it had actually been through a cycle, smelled like Downy.

5. Shayanna Jenkins:

   Never, were you ever asked if it had any smell to it?

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