NOUN | cognition | scent, aroma, fragrance, perfume | a distinctive odor that is pleasant |
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cognition | scent | an odor left in passing by which a person or animal can be traced | |
attribute | scent, olfactory property, smell, aroma, odor, odour | any property detected by the olfactory system | |
VERB | perception | scent, odorize, odourise | cause to smell or be smelly |
perception | scent, nose, wind | catch the scent of | |
body | scent, perfume | apply perfume / perfume to |
Sounds | seh'nt | |
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Rhymes | accent ... vent: 69 rhymes with ehnt... |
Meaning | A distinctive odor that is pleasant. | |
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Synonyms | aroma, fragrance, perfume | |
Narrower | incense | The pleasing scent produced when incense is burned |
Broader | smell, odor, odour, olfactory sensation, olfactory perception | The sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form |
Spanish | aroma, esencia, fragancia, olor, perfume | |
Catalan | aroma, essència, fragància, perfum | |
Verbs | scent | apply perfume / perfume to |
scent | cause to smell or be smelly |
Meaning | An odor left in passing by which a person or animal can be traced. | |
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Narrower | musk | The scent of a greasy glandular secretion from the male musk deer |
Broader | smell, odor, odour, olfactory sensation, olfactory perception | The sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form |
Verbs | scent | catch the scent of |
scent | cause to smell or be smelly |
Meaning | Any property detected by the olfactory system. | |
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Synonyms | olfactory property, smell, aroma, odor, odour | |
Attributes | odorless, odourless, inodorous | Having no odor |
odorous | Having odor or a characteristic odor | |
Narrower | bouquet, fragrance, fragrancy, redolence, sweetness | A pleasingly sweet olfactory property |
malodorousness, stinkiness, foulness, rankness, fetidness | The attribute of having a strong offensive smell | |
muskiness | Having the olfactory properties of musk | |
rancidness | The property of being rancid / rancid | |
Broader | property | A basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class |
Spanish | aroma, olor | |
Catalan | aroma, olor | |
Verbs | scent | catch the scent of |
scent | cause to smell or be smelly |
Meaning | Cause to smell or be smelly. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Synonyms | odorize, odourise | |
Cause to | smell | emit an odor |
Narrower | cense, incense, thurify | perfume especially with a censer |
perfume, aromatize, aromatise | Fill or impregnate with an odor | |
stink up, smell up, stink out | Cause to smell bad | |
Broader | cause to be perceived | Have perceptible qualities |
Opposite | deodorize, deodorise, deodourise | Eliminate the odor from |
Spanish | aromar | |
Nouns | scent | any property detected by the olfactory system |
scent | an odor left in passing by which a person or animal can be traced | |
scent | a distinctive odor that is pleasant |
Meaning | catch the scent of; get wind of. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
Synonyms | nose, wind | |
Broader | smell | inhale the odor of |
See also | scent out | recognize or detect by or as if by smelling |
Spanish | aromar, husmear, olfatear | |
Catalan | ensumar, flairar, olorar | |
Nouns | scent | any property detected by the olfactory system |
scent | an odor left in passing by which a person or animal can be traced |
Meaning | apply perfume / perfume to. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
Synonym | perfume | |
Broader | groom, neaten | care for one's external appearance |
Spanish | perfumarse, perfumar | |
Catalan | perfumar-se, perfumar | |
Nouns | scent | a distinctive odor that is pleasant |
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