Synonyms of the word scent


SCENTAROMA - FRAGRANCE - GROOM - NEATEN - NOSE - ODOR - ODORIZE - ODOUR - PERFUME - PROPERTY - SMELL - WIND

scent

  • n. A distinctive odour or smell.
  • n. An odour left by an animal that may be used for tracing.
  • n. The sense of smell.
  • n. A perfume.
  • n. (figuratively) Any trail or trace that can be followed to find something or someone.
  • n. (obsolete) Sense, perception.
  • v. to detect the scent of.
  • v. to impart an odour to.
  • v. To have a smell.
  • v. To hunt animals by means of the sense of smell.

aroma

  • n. A smell; especially a pleasant spicy or fragrant one.

fragrance

  • n. A pleasant smell or odour.
  • v. (transitive) To apply a fragrance to; to perfume.

groom

  • n. A man who is about to become or has recently become part of a married couple. Short form of bridegroom.
  • n. A person who cares for horses.
  • n. One of several officers of the English royal household, chiefly in the lord chamberlain's department.
  • n. A brushing or cleaning, as of a dog or horse.
  • v. To attend to one's appearance and clothing.
  • v. To care for horses or other animals by brushing and cleaning them.
  • v. To prepare someone for election or appointment.
  • v. To prepare a ski slope for skiers.
  • v. (transitive) To attempt to gain the trust of somebody, especially a minor, with the intention of subjecting…

neaten

  • v. To make neat; arrange in an orderly, tidy way; to tidy.

nose

  • n. A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell.
  • n. A snout, the nose of an animal.
  • n. The tip of an object.
  • n. (horse racing) The length of a horse’s nose, used to indicate the distance between horses at the finish…
  • n. A perfumer.
  • n. The power of smelling.
  • n. Bouquet, the smell of something, especially wine.
  • n. The skill in recognising bouquet.
  • n. (by extension) Skill at finding information.
  • v. (intransitive) To move cautiously by advancing its front end.
  • v. (intransitive) To snoop.
  • v. (transitive) To detect by smell or as if by smell.
  • v. (transitive) To push with one's nose; to nuzzle.
  • v. (transitive) To defeat (as in a race or other contest) by a narrow margin; sometimes with out.
  • v. (transitive) To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang.
  • v. (transitive) To furnish with a nose.
  • v. (transitive) To confront; be closely face to face or opposite to.

odor

  • n. Any smell, whether fragrant or offensive; scent; perfume.
  • n. (figuratively) A strong, pervasive quality.
  • n. (figuratively, uncountable) Esteem; repute.

odorize

  • v. To add an odorant, especially to a gas so that leaks can be more easily detected.

odour

  • n. Any smell, whether fragrant or offensive; scent; perfume.
  • n. (now rare) Something which produces a scent; incense, a perfume.

perfume

  • n. A pleasant smell; the scent, odor, or odoriferous particles emitted from a sweet-smelling substance; a…
  • n. A substance created to provide a pleasant smell or one which emits an agreeable odor.
  • v. (transitive) To apply perfume to; to fill or impregnate with a perfume; to scent.

property

  • n. Something that is owned.
  • n. A piece of real estate, such as a parcel of land.
  • n. Real estate; the business of selling houses.
  • n. The exclusive right of possessing, enjoying and disposing of a thing.
  • n. An attribute or abstract quality associated with an individual, object or concept.
  • n. An attribute or abstract quality which is characteristic of a class of objects.
  • n. (computing) An editable or read-only parameter associated with an application, component or class, or…
  • n. (usually in the plural, theater) A prop, an object used in a dramatic production.
  • n. (obsolete) Propriety; correctness.
  • v. (obsolete) To invest with properties, or qualities.
  • v. (obsolete) To make a property of; to appropriate.

smell

  • n. A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water-breathing animals,…
  • n. (physiology) The sense that detects odours.
  • v. (transitive) To sense a smell or smells.
  • v. (intransitive) To have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or…
  • v. (intransitive, without a modifier) To smell bad; to stink.
  • v. (intransitive, figuratively) To have a particular tincture or smack of any quality; to savour.
  • v. (obsolete) To exercise sagacity.
  • v. To detect or perceive; often with out.
  • v. (obsolete) To give heed to.

wind

  • n. (countable, uncountable) Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or…
  • n. Air artificially put in motion by any force or action.
  • n. (countable, uncountable) The ability to breathe easily.
  • n. News of an event, especially by hearsay or gossip. (Used with catch, often in the past tense.).
  • n. (India and Japan) One of the five basic elements (see Wikipedia article on the Classical elements).
  • n. (uncountable, colloquial) Flatus.
  • n. Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument.
  • n. A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points,…
  • n. A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent…
  • n. Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words.
  • n. A bird, the dotterel.
  • n. (boxing, slang) The region of the solar plexus, where a blow may paralyze the diaphragm and cause temporary…
  • v. (transitive) To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound.
  • v. (transitive) To cause (someone) to become breathless, often by a blow to the abdomen.
  • v. (reflexive) To exhaust oneself to the point of being short of breath.
  • v. (Britain) To turn a boat or ship around, so that the wind strikes it on the opposite side.
  • v. (transitive) To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.
  • v. (transitive) To perceive or follow by scent.
  • v. (transitive) To rest (a horse, etc.) in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe.
  • v. (transitive) To turn a windmill so that its sails face into the wind.
  • v. (transitive) To turn coils of (a cord or something similar) around something.
  • v. (transitive) To tighten the spring of a clockwork mechanism such as that of a clock.
  • v. To entwist; to enfold; to encircle.
  • v. (ergative) To travel, or to cause something to travel, in a way that is not straight.
  • v. To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate;…
  • v. To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate.
  • v. To cover or surround with something coiled about.
  • n. The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist.

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