Never lose sight of the importance of a beautiful sunrise, or watching your kids sleep, or the smell of rain. It's often the small things that really matter in life.
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Smell
/smɛl/
Synonyms for "smell" (190 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (38)
Strong matches (57)
Noun(21 words)
exudefeelfeelingflairflavorflavorsflavourfoullookmuskinessnasal perceptionnosesnosingodorsolfactory modalityolfactory perceptionolfactory propertyolfactory sensationolfactory senseperceive
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Verb(1 words)
Related words (95)
receptorredolencereekrespondrespond to stimulirun downrun to earthsavorscentscintillaseeseeksensesense of smellsense organsensessensillumsensoriumsensory organshade
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shadowsightsipsixth sensesmacksmatteringsmell badsmell ofsmell outsmell to heavensmell upsmellingsnafflesniffsniff outsnuffsnufflesoupconsparkspicespoorsprinklingstalkstenchstinkstink outstink upstrainsubtle odorsuggestionsupsuspicionsynesthesiatailtangtastethoughttincturetingetouchtracetrace downtracktrack downtrailwhiffyield an odor
Noun(17 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
28 entriesaesthesisambianceambienceatmospherecause to be perceivedcomprehendesthesisevinceexpressexteroceptionmodalityodorodor productionolfactionolfactory emissionperceive
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More specific
11 entriesCollocations
10 entriesfaint odorfaint smellgarlic smellodor thresholdpleasant smellsense of smellsmell memorysmell teststrong odorstrong smell
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
6 entriesTranslations
264 translations across 110 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- ruik verb (sense with nose)
- ruik verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ὄζω verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
Ao
1 entries- menem verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
Arabic
4 entries- اِشْتَمَّ verb (sense with nose)
- شم verb (sense with nose)
- شَمَّ verb (sense with nose)
- شَمَّمَ verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
Armenian
4 entries- բուրել verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
- հոտ առնել verb (sense with nose)
- հոտ արձակել verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
- հոտ ունենալ verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
Aromanian
3 entries- anjurdzescu verb (sense with nose)
- anjurzescu verb (sense with nose)
- njurzescu verb (sense with nose)
Assamese
1 entries- শুঙা verb (sense with nose)
Asturian
3 entries- goler verb (sense with nose)
- goliflar verb (sense with nose)
- goliquiar verb (sense with nose)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- iyi gəlmək verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
- iyləmək verb (sense with nose)
- qoxulanmaq verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
- qoxumaq verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
Basque
1 entries- usaindu verb (sense with nose)
Belarusian
4 entries- адчува́ць пах verb (sense with nose)
- ню́хаць verb (sense with nose)
- па́хнуць verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
- чуць verb (sense with nose)
Bengali
1 entries- গন্ধ পাওয়া verb (sense with nose)
Bulgarian
3 entries- ду́ша verb (sense with nose)
- мири́ша verb (sense with nose)
- мири́ша verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
Burmese
1 entries- နမ်း verb (sense with nose)
Catalan
4 entries- ensumar verb (sense with nose)
- fer olor de verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
- flairar verb (sense with nose)
- flairar verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
Central Kurdish
2 entries- بۆن verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
- بۆنکردن verb (sense with nose)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎠᏒᎦ verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
Chinese
1 entries- 鼻 verb (sense with nose)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 聞 /闻 verb (sense with nose)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 嗅 verb (sense with nose)
- 發出氣味 /发出气味 verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
- 聞 /闻 verb (sense with nose)
Czech
4 entries- být cítit verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
- cítit verb (sense with nose)
- páchnout verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
- vonět verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
Danish
4 entries- dufte verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
- lugte verb (sense with nose)
- lugte verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
- stinke verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
Dutch
4 entries- geuren verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
- ruiken verb (sense with nose)
- ruiken verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
- stinken verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
Eastern Min Chinese
1 entries- 鼻 verb (sense with nose)
Esperanto
2 entries- flari verb (sense with nose)
- odori verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
Estonian
2 entries- haistma verb (sense with nose)
- lõhnama verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
Extremaduran
1 entries- golel verb (sense with nose)
Faroese
1 entries- lukta verb (sense with nose)
Finnish
4 entries- döfätä verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
- haista verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
- haistaa verb (sense with nose)
- lemuta verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
French
4 entries- exhaler verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
- flairer verb (sense with nose)
- fleurer verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
- humer verb (sense with nose)
Friulian
1 entries- sintî verb (sense with nose)
Galician
2 entries- cheirar verb (sense with nose)
- cheirar verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
Georgian
2 entries- სუნის დენა verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
- ყნოსვა verb (sense with nose)
German
3 entries- riechen verb (sense with nose)
- riechen verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
- stinken verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
Greek
3 entries- μυρίζω verb (sense with nose)
- μυρίζω verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
- ὄσδω verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
Gujarati
1 entries- સૂંઘવું verb (sense with nose)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- santi verb (sense with nose)
Hebrew
1 entries- הֵרִיחַ verb (sense with nose)
Hindi
3 entries- गँधाना verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
- महँकना verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
- सूँघना verb (sense with nose)
Hungarian
4 entries- bűzlik verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
- illatozik verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
- illatú verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
- megszagol verb (sense with nose)
Icelandic
2 entries- finna lykt(ina) af verb (sense with nose)
- lykta verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
Ido
2 entries- flarar verb (sense with nose)
- odorar verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
Indonesian
2 entries- berbau verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
- mencium verb (sense with nose)
Ingrian
2 entries- haissa verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
- hajahtaa verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
Interlingua
1 entries- olfacer verb (sense with nose)
Iranian Persian
4 entries- اَنْبوییدَن verb (sense with nose)
- بو دَاشْتَن verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
- بو کَرْدَن verb (sense with nose)
- بوییدَن verb (sense with nose)
Irish
1 entries- bolaigh verb (sense with nose)
Italian
3 entries- fiutare verb (sense with nose)
- odorare verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
- sentire l'odore verb (sense with nose)
Japanese
3 entries- 匂いを感じる verb (sense with nose)
- 匂う verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
- 嗅ぐ verb (sense with nose)
Javanese
2 entries- mambu verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
- ngambu verb (sense with nose)
Kabuverdianu
2 entries- txera verb (sense with nose)
- txerá verb (sense with nose)
Kazakh
3 entries- аңку verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
- иіс шығу verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
- иістену verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
Khmer
4 entries- ក្លិនក្រអូប verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
- ក្លិនមិនល្អ verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
- ក្លិនល្អ verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
- ក្លិនអាក្រក់ verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
Korean
3 entries- 냄새가 나다 verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
- 냄새를 맡다 verb (sense with nose)
- 맡다 verb (sense with nose)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- жыттануу verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
Lao
1 entries- ດົມ verb (sense with nose)
Latin
4 entries- fragrō verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
- olefaciō verb (sense with nose)
- oleō verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
- olfaciō verb (sense with nose)
Latvian
2 entries- ost verb (sense with nose)
- ost verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
Lithuanian
2 entries- uosti verb (sense with nose)
- uosti verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
Lower Sorbian
2 entries- cuś verb (sense with nose)
- wónjaś verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
Lü
1 entries- ᦡᦳᧄ verb (sense with nose)
Macedonian
3 entries- мириса verb (sense with nose)
- мириса verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
- намирисува verb (sense with nose)
Malay
1 entries- menghidu verb (sense with nose)
Manx
2 entries- soar verb (sense with nose)
- soar verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
Marathi
1 entries- वास घेणे verb (sense with nose)
Mongolian
1 entries- үнэрлэх verb (sense with nose)
Māori
4 entries- hongi verb (sense with nose)
- hongihongi verb (sense with nose)
- konakona verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
- whakamono verb (sense with nose)
Nahuatl
1 entries- ihnecui verb (sense with nose)
Navajo
2 entries- honishchin verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
- yishchin verb (sense with nose)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- lukte verb (sense with nose)
- lukte verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
- stinke verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
Occitan
1 entries- flairar verb (sense with nose)
Old English
2 entries- stincan verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
- ġestincan verb (sense with nose)
Papiamentu
1 entries- ole verb (sense with nose)
Polish
4 entries- pachnieć verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
- powąchać verb (sense with nose)
- wonieć verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
- wąchać verb (sense with nose)
Portuguese
2 entries- cheirar verb (sense with nose)
- cheirar verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
Quechua
2 entries- mutkhiy verb (sense with nose)
- q'apay verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
Rapa Nui
1 entries- hongi verb (sense with nose)
Romanian
2 entries- mirosi verb (sense with nose)
- mirosi verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
Romansch
3 entries- odurar verb (sense with nose)
- odurar verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
- savurar da verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
Russian
4 entries- ню́хать verb (sense with nose)
- обоня́ть verb (sense with nose)
- ощуща́ть за́пах verb (sense with nose)
- па́хнуть verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
Sanskrit
1 entries- जिघ्रति verb (sense with nose)
Santali
2 entries- ᱥᱳ verb (sense with nose)
- ᱥᱳ verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- dišati verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
- mirìsati verb (sense with nose)
- mirìsati verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
- njȕšiti verb (sense with nose)
Shan
1 entries- ၼူမ် verb (sense with nose)
Sicilian
1 entries- ciaurari verb (sense with nose)
Slovak
4 entries- cítiť verb (sense with nose)
- páchnuť verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
- voňať verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
- čuchať verb (sense with nose)
Slovene
3 entries- dišati verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
- vohati verb (sense with nose)
- vonjati verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
Spanish
4 entries- husmear verb (sense with nose)
- oler verb (sense with nose)
- oler verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
- olorosar verb (sense with nose)
Sranan Tongo
1 entries- smeri verb (sense with nose)
Sundanese
1 entries- ambung verb (sense with nose)
Swedish
4 entries- dofta verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
- lukta verb (sense with nose)
- lukta verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
- stinka verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
Tajik
4 entries- бӯй додан verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
- бӯй кардан verb (sense with nose)
- бӯй омадан verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
- бӯйидан verb (sense with nose)
Tetum
1 entries- horon verb (sense with nose)
Thai
2 entries- ดม verb (sense with nose)
- มีกลิ่น verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
Tocharian B
2 entries- wär-sk- verb (sense with nose)
- wär-sk- verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
Turkish
3 entries- koklamak verb (sense with nose)
- kokmak verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
- koku almak verb (sense with nose)
Turkmen
1 entries- yslamak verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
Ukrainian
4 entries- ню́хати verb (sense with nose)
- па́хнути verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
- чу́ти verb (sense with nose)
- чу́яти verb (sense with nose)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- wonjeć verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
Urdu
1 entries- سُونگْھنا verb (sense with nose)
Uzbek
2 entries- hid chiqarmoq verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
- is chiqarmoq verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
Vietnamese
2 entries- có mùi verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
- ngửi verb (sense with nose)
Welsh
1 entries- arogli verb (sense with nose)
White Hmong
1 entries- hnia verb (sense with nose)
Woiwurrung
1 entries- ngarroba verb (sense with nose)
Yiddish
1 entries- שמעקן verb (sense with nose)
Zazaki
2 entries- boy amayen verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
- boy kerden verb (sense with nose)
Zealandic
2 entries- ruke verb (sense with nose)
- stienke verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
Zyphe
2 entries- hnang verb (sense with nose)
- hnang verb (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
ǃXóõ
1 entries- ta̰ã verb (sense with nose)
Sample sentences
26 total sentences available.
He'll be sure to smell a rat if I'm with you.
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Chrysanthemums smell sweet.
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The smell of cut grass summons up images of hot summer afternoons.
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Showing 4 of 26 available sentences.