| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | distinctive smelling |
| Synonyms: | ambrosial, balmy, fragrant, odoriferous, perfumed, pungent, redolent, savory, scented, spicy, sweet, sweet-smelling |
| Antonyms: | acrid, bland, unsavory |
| 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: | redolent |
| 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: | scented |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fragrant |
| Synonyms: | ambrosial, aromal, aromatic, balmy, delectable, odoriferous, odorous, perfumed, perfumy, redolent, smelling, spicy, sweet-smelling |
| Main Entry: | sweet |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nice-smelling |
| Synonyms: | ambrosial, aromal, aromatic, balmy, clean, fragrant, fresh, new, perfumed, perfumy, pure, redolent, savory, scented, spicy, sweet-smelling, wholesome |
| Antonyms: | malodorous, stinking, stinky, unpleasant |