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scent
Synonyms and Antonyms of scent
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a sweet or pleasant smell
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the quality of a thing that makes it perceptible to the sense organs in the nose
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
Synonym Discussion of scent
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- the fragrance of pine
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- the perfume of lilacs
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- scent-free soaps
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- the redolence of a forest after a rain
scent
Synonyms and Antonyms of scent
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to fill or infuse with a pleasant odor or odor-releasing substance
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to become aware of by means of the sense organs in the nose
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to have a vague awareness of
behold, descry, discern, distinguish, espy, eye, look (at), note, notice, observe, perceive, regard, remark, sight, spy, view, witness
ascertain, catch on (to), discover, find out, hear, learn, realize
anticipate, divine, expect, foreknow, foresee
assume, conjecture, guess, presume, speculate, suppose, surmise, suspect
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