/ Thesaurus / S Synonyms of smelling Find synonyms for: Noun1. smell, smelling, sensing, perceptionusage: the act of perceiving the odor of somethingVerb1. smell, perceive, comprehendusage: inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense2. smell, cause to be perceivedusage: emit an odor; "The soup smells good"3. smell, smellusage: smell bad; "He rarely washes, and he smells"4. smack, reek, smell, suggest, evoke, paint a pictureusage: have an element suggestive (of something); "his speeches smacked of racism"; "this passage smells of plagiarism"5. smell, smell out, sense, perceiveusage: become aware of not through the senses but instinctively; "I sense his hostility"; "i smell trouble"; "smell out corruption"Adjective1. redolent(predicate), smelling(predicate), odorous (vs. odorless)usage: (used with `of' or `with') noticeably odorous; "the hall was redolent of floor wax"; "air redolent with the fumes of beer and whiskey"WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: reticent Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language