Scent

//sɛnt//

Synonyms for "scent" (226 found)

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Closest matches (46)

Verb(3 words)
odorizeperfumesmell

Strong matches (67)

Related words (113)

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8 relation types

More general

10 entries

Synonyms

5 entries

Related terms

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derived

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etymologically related_to

4 entries

is a

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manner of

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related to

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Translations

182 translations across 53 languages.

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Afrikaans

4 entries
  • parfuum noun (perfume)
  • reuk noun (distinctive odour or smell)
  • reuk noun (odour left by animal)
  • reuksintuig noun (sense of smell)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ὀσμή noun (distinctive odour or smell)

Arabic

4 entries
  • أَرِيج noun (perfume)
  • ريحة noun (distinctive odour or smell)
  • رَائِحَة noun (distinctive odour or smell)
  • رَوَائِح noun (distinctive odour or smell)

Armenian

2 entries
  • բույր noun (distinctive odour or smell)
  • բուրմունք noun (distinctive odour or smell)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • еҫ noun (distinctive odour or smell)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • за́пах noun (distinctive odour or smell)
  • пах noun (distinctive odour or smell)

Bengali

1 entries
  • গন্ধ noun (distinctive odour or smell)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • миризма noun (distinctive odour or smell)
  • мирис noun (distinctive odour or smell)
  • обоняние noun (sense of smell)
  • парфюм noun (perfume)

Catalan

3 entries
  • esència noun (distinctive odour or smell)
  • olfacte noun (sense of smell)
  • olor noun (distinctive odour or smell)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 嗅覺 /嗅觉 noun (sense of smell)
  • 氣味 /气味 noun (distinctive odour or smell)
  • 氣味 /气味 noun (odour left by animal)
  • 香味 noun (perfume)

Czech

1 entries
  • vůně noun (distinctive odour or smell)

Dutch

4 entries
  • geur noun (distinctive odour or smell)
  • geur noun (odour left by animal)
  • geur noun (perfume)
  • parfum noun (perfume)

Egyptian

1 entries
  • s-T:Aa2 noun (distinctive odour or smell)

Finnish

4 entries
  • haju noun (distinctive odour or smell)
  • haju noun (odour left by animal)
  • haju noun (figuratively: any traces that can be followed)
  • hajuaisti noun (sense of smell)

French

2 entries
  • odeur noun (distinctive odour or smell)
  • odorat noun (sense of smell)

Galician

3 entries
  • cheiro noun (distinctive odour or smell)
  • cheirume noun (distinctive odour or smell)
  • recendo noun (distinctive odour or smell)

German

4 entries
  • Duft noun (distinctive odour or smell)
  • Fährte noun (figuratively: any traces that can be followed)
  • Geruch noun (distinctive odour or smell)
  • Parfum noun (perfume)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌽𐍃 noun (distinctive odour or smell)

Greek

4 entries
  • άρωμα noun (perfume)
  • μυρωδιά noun (distinctive odour or smell)
  • ντορός noun (odour left by animal)
  • οσμή noun (distinctive odour or smell)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • ריח noun (distinctive odour or smell)

Hindi

1 entries
  • गंध noun (distinctive odour or smell)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • illat noun (distinctive odour or smell)
  • illatszer noun (perfume)
  • parfüm noun (perfume)
  • szag noun (odour left by animal)

Irish

1 entries
  • boladh noun (distinctive odour or smell)

Italian

2 entries
  • odore noun (distinctive odour or smell)
  • fiutare verb (to detect the scent of)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 匂い noun (distinctive odour or smell)
  • 嗅覚 noun (sense of smell)
  • 手がかり noun (figuratively: any traces that can be followed)
  • 臭い noun (distinctive odour or smell)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ក្លិន noun (distinctive odour or smell)

Korean

1 entries
  • 냄새 noun (distinctive odour or smell)

Latin

1 entries
  • odor noun (distinctive odour or smell)

Malay

2 entries
  • bau noun (distinctive odour or smell)
  • هيدو verb (to detect the scent of)

Maranao

1 entries
  • bao noun (distinctive odour or smell)

Māori

2 entries
  • kakara noun (distinctive odour or smell)
  • tīare noun (distinctive odour or smell)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • duft noun (distinctive odour or smell)

Oromo

1 entries
  • foolii noun (distinctive odour or smell)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries
  • اید noun (distinctive odour or smell)
  • عطر noun (distinctive odour or smell)
  • عطر noun (perfume)

Persian

2 entries
  • طیب noun (perfume)
  • عطر noun (distinctive odour or smell)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Jeroch noun (distinctive odour or smell)

Polish

4 entries
  • perfumy noun (perfume)
  • trop noun (figuratively: any traces that can be followed)
  • woń noun (distinctive odour or smell)
  • zapach noun (distinctive odour or smell)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • aroma noun (distinctive odour or smell)
  • cheiro noun (distinctive odour or smell)
  • cheiro noun (odour left by animal)
  • fragrância noun (perfume)

Romanian

1 entries
  • miros noun (distinctive odour or smell)

Russian

4 entries
  • духи́ noun (perfume)
  • за́пах noun (distinctive odour or smell)
  • нюх noun (sense of smell)
  • обоня́ние noun (sense of smell)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • miris noun (distinctive odour or smell)
  • мирис noun (distinctive odour or smell)

Slovak

1 entries
  • vôňa noun (distinctive odour or smell)

Slovene

1 entries
  • vonj noun (distinctive odour or smell)

Spanish

4 entries
  • aroma noun (distinctive odour or smell)
  • esencia noun (distinctive odour or smell)
  • fragancia noun (distinctive odour or smell)
  • fragancia noun (perfume)

Swahili

1 entries
  • harufu noun (distinctive odour or smell)

Swedish

4 entries
  • doft noun (distinctive odour or smell)
  • doft noun (perfume)
  • luktsinne noun (sense of smell)
  • spår noun (figuratively: any traces that can be followed)

Tatar

1 entries
  • ис noun (distinctive odour or smell)

Thai

1 entries
  • กลิ่น noun (distinctive odour or smell)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • were noun (distinctive odour or smell)

Tok Pisin

1 entries
  • smel noun (distinctive odour or smell)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • за́пах noun (distinctive odour or smell)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • mùi noun (distinctive odour or smell)

Welsh

2 entries
  • aroglau noun (distinctive odour or smell)
  • persawr noun (distinctive odour or smell)

Sample sentences

56 total sentences available.

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There's a scent of danger.

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The flowers give off a very pleasant scent.

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This wild rose gives off a sweet scent.

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The dog has a keen scent.

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