odoriferous

Questions about odoriferous

What does odoriferous mean?

odoriferous means "emitting an odor". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in odoriferous?

odoriferous has 5 syllables: o-do-ri-fe-rous. The stress falls on "ri".

What is another word for odoriferous?

Close synonyms include odorous, odorous, perfumed, scented, sweet. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is odoriferous a common word?

odoriferous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.