odorous

Questions about odorous

What does odorous mean?

odorous means "having odor or a characteristic odor". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in odorous?

odorous has 3 syllables: o-do-rous. The stress falls on "o". In IPA it is /ˈoʊdɚəs/.

What is another word for odorous?

Close synonyms include odoriferous, odoriferous, 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.

What is the opposite of odorous?

The recorded antonyms are odorless.

Is odorous a common word?

odorous 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.