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present tense third-person singular of smell
Synonyms & Antonyms of smells
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
to become aware of by means of the sense organs in the nose
- we smelled the aroma of freshly baked cookies as soon as we walked in the house
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smells
noun
plural of smell
Synonyms & Antonyms of smells (Entry 2 of 2)
1
the quality of a thing that makes it perceptible to the sense organs in the nose
- the smell of vanilla is supposed to be very soothing
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2
a very small amount
- the pie has barely a smell of ginger, but lots of cinnamon
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- aces,
- bits,
- crumbs,
- dabs,
- drams,
- driblets,
- glimmers,
- hints,
- licks,
- little,
- mites,
- nips,
- ounces,
- particles,
- peanuts,
- rays,
- scintillas,
- scruples,
- shades,
- shadows,
- shreds,
- skoshes,
- smacks,
- smidgens
- (also smidgeons or smidgins or smidges),
- snaps,
- soupçons,
- sparks,
- spatters,
- specks,
- splashes,
- spots,
- sprinklings,
- strains,
- streaks,
- suspicions,
- touches,
- traces
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Near Antonyms for smells
- abundances,
- barrels,
- boatloads,
- buckets,
- bundles,
- bushels,
- deals,
- fistfuls,
- gobs,
- heaps,
- lashings
- (also lashins)
- [chiefly British],
- loads,
- lots,
- masses,
- messes,
- mountains,
- much,
- oodles,
- passels,
- pecks,
- piles,
- plenties,
- potfuls,
- profusions,
- quantities,
- rafts,
- reams,
- scads,
- stacks,
- wads,
- wealths
3
a special quality or impression associated with something
- a law firm with a mahogany-lined boardroom that has the discernible smell of money and power
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