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Scent

To perceive by the olfactory organs; to smell; as, to scent game, as a hound does.

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Manner of action 4

Aromatize 76% connected

To impregnate with aroma; to render aromatic; to give a spicy scent or taste to; to perfume.

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Cense 76% connected

A census; -- also, a public rate or tax.

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Incense 76% connected

To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle; to burn.

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Perfume 76% connected

To fill or impregnate with a perfume; to scent.

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Narrower term 12

Bouquet 76% connected

A nosegay; a bunch of flowers.

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Fetidness 76% connected

The quality or state of being fetid.

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Foulness 76% connected

The quality or condition of being foul.

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Fragrance 76% connected

Alt. of Fragrancy

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Fragrancy 76% connected

The quality of being fragrant; sweetness of smell; a sweet smell; a pleasing odor; perfume.

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Incense 76% connected

To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle; to burn.

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Musk 76% connected

A substance of a reddish brown color, and when fresh of the consistence of honey, obtained from a bag being behind the navel of the male musk deer. I…

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Muskiness 76% connected

The quality or state of being musky; the scent of musk.

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Rancidness 76% connected

The quality of being rancid.

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Rankness 76% connected

The condition or quality of being rank.

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Redolence 76% connected

Alt. of Redolency

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Sweetness 76% connected

The quality or state of being sweet (in any sense of the adjective); gratefulness to the taste or to the smell; agreeableness.

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Broader term 5

Groom 76% connected

A boy or young man; a waiter; a servant; especially, a man or boy who has charge of horses, or the stable.

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Odor 76% connected

Any smell, whether fragrant or offensive; scent; perfume.

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Odour 76% connected

the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form; "she loved the smell of roses"

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Property 76% connected

That which is proper to anything; a peculiar quality of a thing; that which is inherent in a subject, or naturally essential to it; an attribute; as,…

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Smell 76% connected

To perceive by the olfactory nerves, or organs of smell; to have a sensation of, excited through the nasal organs when affected by the appropriate ma…

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Derivationally related 8

Nose 74% connected

The prominent part of the face or anterior extremity of the head containing the nostrils and olfactory cavities; the olfactory organ. See Nostril, an…

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Nose 74% connected

The prominent part of the face or anterior extremity of the head containing the nostrils and olfactory cavities; the olfactory organ. See Nostril, an…

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Odour 74% connected

the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form; "she loved the smell of roses"

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Odour 74% connected

the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form; "she loved the smell of roses"

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Smell 74% connected

To perceive by the olfactory nerves, or organs of smell; to have a sensation of, excited through the nasal organs when affected by the appropriate ma…

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Smell 74% connected

To perceive by the olfactory nerves, or organs of smell; to have a sensation of, excited through the nasal organs when affected by the appropriate ma…

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Smell 72% connected

To perceive by the olfactory nerves, or organs of smell; to have a sensation of, excited through the nasal organs when affected by the appropriate ma…

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Attribute 6

Inodorous 66% connected

Emitting no odor; wthout smell; scentless; odorless.

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Inodorous 66% connected

Emitting no odor; wthout smell; scentless; odorless.

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Odorous 66% connected

Having or emitting an odor or scent, esp. a sweet odor; fragrant; sweet-smelling.

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Odorous 66% connected

Having or emitting an odor or scent, esp. a sweet odor; fragrant; sweet-smelling.

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Synonym 8

Aroma 92% connected

The quality or principle of plants or other substances which constitutes their fragrance; agreeable odor; as, the aroma of coffee.

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Fragrance 92% connected

Alt. of Fragrancy

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Nose 92% connected

The prominent part of the face or anterior extremity of the head containing the nostrils and olfactory cavities; the olfactory organ. See Nostril, an…

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Odor 92% connected

Any smell, whether fragrant or offensive; scent; perfume.

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Odour 92% connected

the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form; "she loved the smell of roses"

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Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Perfume 92% connected

To fill or impregnate with a perfume; to scent.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Smell 92% connected

To perceive by the olfactory nerves, or organs of smell; to have a sensation of, excited through the nasal organs when affected by the appropriate ma…

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Wind 92% connected

To turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions about anything; to coil; to twin…

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