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Smell

🔄 Synonyms of "Smell"

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spiritnounThe soul of a person or other creature.
lookverbTo try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes.
feelingnounEmotion; impression.
tonenoun(music) A specific pitch.
feelverb(heading) To sense or think emotionally or judgmentally.
aromanounA smell; especially a pleasant spicy or fragrant one.
scentnounA distinctive smell.
odornounAny smell, whether fragrant or offensive.
flavornounThe quality produced by the sensation of taste or, especially, of taste and smell in combined effect.
olfactionnounThe sense of smell; the detection of airborne molecules.
odournounBritish standard spelling of odor.
olfactory sensationnounthe sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
smellingverbThe act by which something is smelled.
sense of smellThe sense of smell, or olfaction, is the special sense through which smells (or odors) are perceived.
olfactory propertynounany property detected by the olfactory system
olfactory modalitynounthe faculty of smell
olfactory perceptionnounthe sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form

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WordDefinition
olfactionnounThe sense of smell; the detection of airborne molecules.
scentnounA distinctive smell.
odornounAny smell, whether fragrant or offensive.
aromanounA smell; especially a pleasant spicy or fragrant one.
odournounBritish standard spelling of odor.
flavornounThe quality produced by the sensation of taste or, especially, of taste and smell in combined effect.
feelverb(heading) To sense or think emotionally or judgmentally.
feelingnounEmotion; impression.
spiritnounThe soul of a person or other creature.
lookverbTo try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes.
tonenoun(music) A specific pitch.
olfactory modalitynounthe faculty of smell
olfactory perceptionnounthe sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
olfactory propertynounany property detected by the olfactory system
olfactory sensationnounthe sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
sense of smellThe sense of smell, or olfaction, is the special sense through which smells (or odors) are perceived.
olfactorynoun(relational) Concerning the sense of smell.
fragrancenounA pleasant smell or odour.
perfumenounA pleasant smell; the scent, odor, or odoriferous particles emitted from a sweet-smelling substance; a pleasant odor.
sniffverb(ambitransitive) To make a short, audible inhalation, through the nose, as when smelling something.

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