sense of smell

Questions about sense of smell

What is another word for sense of smell?

It depends which sense of smell you mean. In the sense “the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents”, the synonyms are smell, olfaction, olfactory modality. Across all 1 sense there are 3 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of sense of smell?

WordNet records no antonym for sense of smell. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for sense of smell come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of sense of smell

• Full entry for sense of smellAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for sense of smellWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.