scent

scent

noun

Definition of SCENT

1

a sweet or pleasant smell <the delightful scent of her perfume>

Synonyms aroma, attar (also otto), balm, bouquet, fragrancy, incense, perfume, redolence, scent, spice

Related Words essence, odor

Antonyms fetor, malodor, reek, stench, stink

2

the quality of a thing that makes it perceptible to the sense organs in the nose <dogs are able to detect scents that are far below the threshold detectable by the human nose>

Synonyms aroma, odor, redolence, scent, sniff

Related Words whiff; attar (also otto), bouquet, fragrance, fragrancy, perfume; ambrosia, lusciousness, savor (also savour), savoriness, spice, tang; acridness, fetidness, fetor, foulness, funk, gaminess, malodor, noisomeness, rancidity, rankness, reek, stench, stink; aromaticity, odoriferousness, odorousness; incense, musk