Word Type

Verb

Noun

The word "smell" can be used as verb and noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

aroma hear odorless sight taste taste touch touch

Causes Desire

bury cat stop standing in take shower wash clothes

Derived Terms

besmell code smell come out smelling like a rose come out smelling of roses come up smelling like a rose come up smelling of roses foul-smelling money does not smell money has no smell new-car smell sense of smell smell a fox smell a rat smell blindness smell blood smell blood in the water smell fishy smell fox smell like a rose smell like a tart's bedroom smell like a tart's boudoir smell like a tart's handbag smell like a tart's handkerchief smell of an oily rag smell of the lamp smell of the shop smell one's own farts smell out smell test smell the barn smell the coffee smell the roses smell trap smell up smell what someone is stepping in smell ya later smell you later smell-alike smell-brain smell-feast smell-o-meter smell-o-rama smell-o-vision smell-smock smelling bottle smelling salt smelly smock-smelling stop and smell the flowers stop and smell the roses stop to smell the roses sweet smell of success sweet-smelling wake up and smell the ashes wake up and smell the coffee wake up and smell the roses

Distinct From

hear hearing see sight taste touch

Etymologically Related To

smother smoulder

Context

physiology without modifier

Has Property

one of senses

Subevents

shower take bath

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

aesthesis ambiance ambience atmosphere cause to be perceived comprehend emanation esthesis evince exhalation express exteroception modality perceive perception property sensation sense datum sense experience sense impression sense modality sensing sensory system show

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

aroma bad smell code smell fragrance good smell scent stench whiff

Type Of (IsA)

exteroception important sense modality sensation sensing

Manner Of

cause to be perceived perceive

Related Terms

anosmia nose sense

Related Terms

ability action activity airborne airy airy substance anosmia aroma awful bad bad odor breathe breathe in bulb by nose connotation detect detect odor detection does dog dog power feeling five five sense five senses foul foul odor fragrance from nose function good human human sense in nose inhale it stinks job molecule nasal nasal activity nasal perception nasal sense near nose noes noes does noise noise sensory nose nose ability nose action nose activity nose detection nose does nose function nose job nose purpose nose scent nose sensation nose sense nose use nose work nose working noses noses function noses job nosey nostrils nothing noxious oder odor odor aroma odor detection odor scent odor sense odorous odorous sense odors odour odour fragrance olfactory olfactory bulb olfactory response olfactory sensation olfactory sense olfactory stimulation one sense organ perception perfume perfume connotation power purpose quality response sagacity scent scent sense sensation sense sense fragrance sense nose sense odor sense of sense type senses sensory sent sniff sniffing stimulation stink stink sense stinks stinky stinky oder substance taste telephone test through through nose two type use use nose uses uses nose what whiff whiff organ with nose work working

Synonym Network

detect olfaction olfactory property sense smack spirit stink

Used For

connect

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.