Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | aromatic; suggestive |
| Synonyms: | ambrosial, balmy, evocative, fragrant, odoriferous, perfumed, pungent, remindful, reminiscent, scented, sweet-smelling |
| Notes: | redolent (an adjective) is customarily used of pleasant odors while reek (a verb) is used of odors that are sensorily unpleasing; redolent, 'emitting a strong odor or smell,' comes from Latin olere 'emit a smell' |
| Main Entry: | evocative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | suggestive |
| Synonyms: | calling up, expressive, graphic, redolent, remindful of, reminiscent, resonant with |
| Main Entry: | fragrant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | smelling pleasant |
| Synonyms: | ambrosial, aromal, aromatic, balmy, delectable, delicious, delightful, odoriferous, odorous, perfumed, perfumy, redolent, savory, spicy, sweet, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling |
| Antonyms: | noxious, putrid, stale, stinking |
| Main Entry: | full-bodied |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | robust |
| Synonyms: | concentrated, fruity, full-flavored, heady, heavy, lusty, mellow, potent, redolent, rich, strong, well-matured |
| Antonyms: | weak |
| Main Entry: | odorous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having fragrance |
| Synonyms: | aromatic, balmy, dank, effluvious, fetid, flavorsome, flowery, foul, fragrant, heady, honeyed, loud, malodorous, mephitic, miasmic, moldy, musty, nauseous, odoriferant, odoriferous, offensive, olfactive, olfactory, perfumatory, perfumed, perfumy, pungent, putrid, redolent, reeking, rotten, savorous, savory, scent-laden, scented, scentful, skunky, smelly, spicy, stagnant, stale, stinking, strong, sweet, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling, tumaceous, unsavory, whiffy |
| Notes: | odoriferous means 'having an odor or fragrance' while odorous refers to something smelly |
| Antonyms: | odorless |
| Main Entry: | pregnant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | significant, meaningful |
| Synonyms: | charged, cogent, consequential, creative, eloquent, expressive, fecund, imaginative, important, inventive, loaded, momentous, original, pointed, redolent, rich, seminal, sententious, suggestive, telling, weighty |
| Antonyms: | insignificant, trivial, unmeaningful |
| Main Entry: | reminiscent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | suggestive of something in the past |
| Synonyms: | bringing to mind, evocative, implicative, mnemonic, nostalgic, recollective, redolent, remindful, similar |
| Antonyms: | forgetful, oblivious |
| Main Entry: | savory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pleasing, delicious in flavor |
| Synonyms: | agreeable, ambrosial, aperitive, appetizing, aromatic, dainty, decent, delectable, exquisite, fragrant, full-flavored, good, luscious, mellow, mouthwatering, palatable, perfumed, piquant, pungent, redolent, relishing, respectable, rich, sapid, savorous, scrumptious, spicy, sweet, tangy, tasty, tempting, toothsome, wholesome |
| Antonyms: | bland, displeasing, distasteful, offensive, tasteless, unappetizing |
| Main Entry: | scented |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fragrant |
| Synonyms: | ambrosial, aromal, aromatic, balmy, delectable, odoriferous, odorous, perfumed, perfumy, redolent, smelling, spicy, sweet-smelling |
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