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Synonyms of smell in English:

smell


See US English definition of smell

See UK English definition of smell

See Spanish definition of olor

noun

1‘there was a smell of burning in the air’

SYNONYMS
odour, whiff

2‘the smell of new-mown grass’

SYNONYMS
aroma, fragrance, scent, perfume, redolence, tang, savour
bouquet, nose

3‘27 cats lived there—you can imagine the smell’

SYNONYMS
stench, stink, reek, fetidness, effluvium, miasma
British informal pong, niff, whiff, hum
Scottish informal guff
North American informal funk
rare fetor, malodour, mephitis

verb

1‘Peter smelled her perfume’

SYNONYMS
get a whiff of, scent, get a sniff of, detect the smell of

2‘the dogs smelled each other’

SYNONYMS
sniff, nose

3‘the room was dirty and it smelled’

SYNONYMS
stink, stink to high heaven, reek, have a bad smell, be stinking, be malodorous
British informal pong, hum

4‘it smells like a hoax to me’

SYNONYMS
give the impression of, smack of, savour of, have the hallmarks of, have all the signs of, appear like, seem like, have the air of, suggest